# Incident 20260402004179I: Mcginnis James L GLASAIR II FT, Lincolnton, NC, April 2, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2026, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lincolnton, NC
- Airport: Lincolnton County Regional Air
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4833° N, 81.1613° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional Airport (IPJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4833&lon=-81.1613&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10GA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10GA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcginnis James L GLASAIR II FT (registry code 056041P, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcginnis-james-l-glasair-ii-ft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCGINNIS JAMES L GLASAIR II FT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 90 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260402004179I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON APRIL 2ND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED THE LINCOLNTON AIRPORT (KIPJ)FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT TO WARM UP THE ENGINE OIL. UPON RETURN AT APPROXIMATELY 17:57 ZULU, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A LEFT-HAND TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 23. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED A ONE MILE FINAL AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL) AND A SPEED OF 95 KNOTS.  ON A ONE-HALF MILE FINAL, N10GA WAS 300 FEET AGL WITH A SPEED OF 79 KNOTS AND A VERTICAL DESCENT RATE OF 1088 FEET PER MINUTE RESULTING IN A FLIGHT PATH THAT IS BELOW THE STANDARD GLIDE PATH OF 3 DEGREES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY TOUCHED DOWN HARD APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY 23 THRESHOLD, CONTACTING THE GRASS BEFORE REACHING RUNWAY 23. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AS THE LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. AFTER THIS OCCURRED THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND WAS DAMAGED.  THE LAST REPORTED WEATHER OBSERVATION WAS AT 1755Z AND IT INDICATED PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH WINDS VARIABLE FROM 090 TO 240 AT 7 KNOTS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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