- Date
- March 11, 1994, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waukesha, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3603RLancair 360
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940311005019A
- Case key
- 9346
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare during landing. Factors related to the accident were a loss of directional control and rough terrain.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated the airplane touched down in a nose high attitude and bounced. He applied power to recover, but the airplane touched down hard and directional control was lost. The airplane traveled off the side of the runway into a grass area between the runway and taxiway.
Factual narrative
History of Flight
On March 11, 1994 at 1230 cst, a Lancair 360 experimental aircraft sustained substantial damage following an landing on runway 18 at Waukesha County Airport, Waukesha, Wisconsin. The pilot and one passenger were uninjured. The local flight was operated under 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan in visual meteorological conditions. The flight originated from Waukesha County Airport, on March 11, 1994, at 1150 cst.
The pilot reported that the airplane touched down in a nose high attitude and bounced. He stated he added power, but the airplane touched down hard and directional control was lost. The airplane departed the runway and traversed through a grass strip separating the runway from a parallel taxiway where the aircraft came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3603R
- Reported as
- Lancair 360
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 238320007
- Airframe hours
- 12
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scheid, Carl C.
- Registered owner
- Lancair Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 16, 1993 · 12 hours before
- Airport
- UES · Waukesha County Airport, runway 18R, 3,599 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,560 total · 8 in this make and model · 1,380 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3603R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.