# Kuykendall Charles LANCAIR IV

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry codes: 05602R4, 05626E2
- Manufacturer (registry): KUYKENDALL CHARLES
- Model: LANCAIR IV
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 4
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/kuykendall-charles-lancair-iv

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker. The FAA lists this model under more than one registry code, usually for different spellings of the maker. This page covers them all.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR21LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA294), Jul 28, 2021: Kuykendall Charles Lancair IV (N26PD), Indian Springs, NV, destroyed. Probable cause: An in-flight fire due to an undetermined electrical malfunction.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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.

- [Accident 20210728023039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210728023039A), Jul 28, 2021: Kuykendall Charles LANCAIR IV (N26PD), Indian Springs, NV, Destroyed. On July 28, 2021, at approximately 0909 PDT, the las vegas flight standards district office received notification of a part 91 crash, involving a 1996…
- [Incident 19971217044529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971217044529I), Dec 17, 1997: Amtr LANCAIRIV (N30PN), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot was attempting landing when his nose wheel on his experimental aircraft turned 180 degrees while banking the aircraft in flight. The nose…

## Service difficulty reports (7)

As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report.

- [SDR 2010FA0000840](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000840), Jul 19, 2010: ROCKER. BROKEN. SUDDEN ENGINE ROUGHNESS, PARTIAL POWER WENT FULL RICH ON 1 MILE FINAL. ADDED POWER TO FLARE, ENGINE FAILED ENTIRELY DUE TO FLOODING. ROCKER ARM FOUND BROKEN. AP
- [SDR AU990982](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU990982), Oct 8, 1999: OXYGEN SYSTEM. UNAPPROVED PART. (AUS) OXYGEN SYSTEM FOUND INSTALLED IN AIRCRAFT WITH NO INSTALLATION CERTIFICATION OR WEIGHT/BALANCE DATA IN THE AIRCRAFT LOG BOOK. THE OXYGEN SYSTEM IS NOT APP
- [SDR AU990983](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU990983), Oct 6, 1999: TORQUE TUBE. CORRODED. (AUS) ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE CORRODED. THE AREA IS COVERED WITH EXHAUST GAS DEPOSITS.
- [SDR 99ZZZX4048](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX4048), Sep 29, 1999: LIFTER. PITTED. FACTORY NEW ENGINE DIS-ASSEMBLED FOR BALANCING. PITTING FOUND ON 6 INTAKE AND 2 EXHAUST LIFTER FACES.
- [SDR AU991075](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU991075), Jul 30, 1999: CIRCUIT BREAKER. FAILED. (AUS) INCORRECT RATED CIRCUIT BREAKER INSTALLED. CIRCUIT BREAKER RATED AT 50 AMPS CONNECTED TO A 70 AMP ALTERNATOR. CIRCUIT BREAKER FAILED DURING FLIGHT. UNAPPR
- [SDR AU990461](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU990461), May 10, 1999: WINDOW. CRACKED. (AUS) RIGHT SIDE WINDOW CRACKED. WINDOW WAS MODIFIED DURING AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION.
- [SDR AU990460](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU990460), May 10, 1999: REGULATOR. MISINSTALLED. (AUS) INCORRECT VOLTAGE REGULATOR FITTED.

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Rosenbarger/Goldsborough LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/rosenbarger-goldsborough-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056019X
- [Living Scriptures LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/living-scriptures-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05601BE
- [Froelich Robert E LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/froelich-robert-e-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05601FK
- [Gregg L R/Ritsche T LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/gregg-l-r-ritsche-t-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05601PO
- [Raviation LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/raviation-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560203
- [Buck David G LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/buck-david-g-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602XG
- [Jeppesen LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/jeppesen-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056037P
- [Dramesi John A LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/dramesi-john-a-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603MY
- [Moder Sam A LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/moder-sam-a-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603O4
- [Kilani Reda LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/kilani-reda-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603X7
- [Fox Henry Creed LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/fox-henry-creed-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604DU
- [Hoshall Thaddeus Lee LANCAIR IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/hoshall-thaddeus-lee-lancair-iv): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604HP

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