# NTSB FTW98LA297: Peebles/Lancair 360 LC-20, N360P, Price, UT, July 12, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 12, 1998, 10:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place: Price, UT
- Coordinates: 39.569831, -110.800643 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5698&lon=-110.8006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 28, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 43161
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW98LA297
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/43161/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA297

## Probable cause

The pilot's excessive descent rate on final approach and his delayed use of power to arrest the excessive descent rate.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - descent - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, he was on final approach and he allowed the airplane's descent rate to become excessive.  He reported that he could not arrest it with power.  The airplane impacted the runway and the right main gear 'snapped off.'  The pilot reported that he was able to keep the airplane on the runway for approximately 1,500 feet before it ground looped.

## Factual narrative

On July 12, 1998, approximately 1020 mountain daylight time, a Peebles/Lancair 360 LC-20, N360P, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at Carbon County Airport, Price, Utah.  The commercial pilot and his passenger were not injured.  The airplane was being operated by the pilot under Title 14 CFR Part 91.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight which originated approximately 20 minutes before the accident.  No flight plan had been filed.

According to the pilot, while flying the approach to a landing, "the decent rate got to [sic] high and I failed to arrest it with power in time."  The airplane impacted the runway and the right main gear "snapped off."  The pilot reported that he was able to keep the airplane on the runway for approximately 1,500 feet before it ground looped.  Subsequently, the fuselage, lower cowling, and right flap were damaged.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N360P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N360P), registered now, S/N 256-24 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Peebles/Lancair 360 LC-20
- Registry model: [Peebles Herbert L III LANCAIR 360](https://openairdocs.org/model/peebles-herbert-l-iii-lancair-360) (registry code 05618CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 256-24
- Airframe hours: 530
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mark E. Francis
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1998, 5 hours before
- Departed: PUC
- Airport: PUC, Carbon County Airport, runway 18, 8,300 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 470 total, 5 in this make and model, 421 as pilot in command, 76 in the last 90 days, 37 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PVU, 70 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19980712016469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980712016469A), Jul 12, 1998: Amtr LANCAIR360, Price, UT, Substantial damage. On July 12, 1998, approximately 1020 mountain daylight time, a peebles/lancair 360 LC-20, N360P, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at Carbon…

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.

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