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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Steinhart Horst LANCAIR 4 · Carlsbad, CA · August 27, 2025

Date
August 27, 2025 · 12:25 local
Place
Carlsbad, CA
Airport
Mc Clellan-Palomar
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N52HS
Reported as
Steinhart Horst Lancair 4
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted Landed on runway 24 and nose landing gear collapsed on touchdown. The aircraft sustained damage to propeller, nose landing gear doors and propeller spinner. No apparent damage to airframe.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 24 AND NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND PROPELLER SPINNER. NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME.