# Incident 20260424003729I: Scholz D E/Clarke A J LANCAIR IV-P, Seattle, WA, April 24, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2026, 17:50 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: King County International Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117LH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Scholz D E/Clarke A J LANCAIR IV-P (registry code 056047M, https://openairdocs.org/model/scholz-d-e-clarke-a-j-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG (registry code 52246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-15ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHOLZ D E/CLARKE A J LANCAIR IV-P
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-15AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 787 total, 50 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260424003729I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 32R AT (KBFI) BOEING FIELD/KING COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOLLOWING A FLIGHT FROM (KRDM) ROBERTS FIELD AIRPORT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT A WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 20 KNOTS WAS ENCOUNTERED DURING TOUCHDOWN, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH UPWARD. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT AND TOUCHED BACK DOWN IN A SLIGHTLY NOSE-LOW ATTITUDE, RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OTHER THAN AT THE TIPS OF THE PROPELLER BLADES.

THE KBFI METAR ISSUED AT 1653 LOCAL INDICATED WINDS WERE 330 AT 7 KNOTS GUSTING TO 17 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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