- Date
- December 13, 2015, 11:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Rimrock, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N113LMMcmichael Elmer L Lancair 360
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- Scottsdale FSDO (FAA)
- FAA report
- 20151213023299A
- Case key
- 92445
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and a left main landing gear collapse.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the approach and touchdown were "acceptable," but during the landing roll the airplane pulled to the right and departed the runway. During the runway excursion, the left main landing gear collapsed and the airplane skidded to a stop in terrain. The right wing and fuselage sustained substantial damage. According to a Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Safety Inspector who performed a postaccident inspection, no anomalies were found with the flight controls and all tires were in good condition. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that the approach and touchdown were "acceptable," but during the landing roll the airplane pulled to the right and departed the runway. During the runway excursion, the left main landing gear collapsed and the airplane skidded to a stop in terrain. The right wing and fuselage sustained substantial damage. According to a Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Safety Inspector who performed a postaccident inspection, no anomalies were found with the flight controls and all tires were in good condition. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N113LM
- Reported as
- Mcmichael Elmer L Lancair 360
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 588320-335FB
- Built
- 1994
- Airframe hours
- 518
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 26, 2015
- Departed
- P52 · Cottonwood, AZ
- Destination
- 48AZ · Rimrock, AZ
- Airport
- 48AZ · Rimrock, runway 05, 2,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 28, 2014
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 20 in this make and model · 3,765 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 3 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- KSEZ, 12 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 7, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.