# NTSB SEA00LA174: Beard Lancair 320, N6BQ, Bend, OR, August 31, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 31, 2000, 16:10 local (23:10 UTC) - Place: Bend, OR - Coordinates: 44.069007, -121.250961 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0690&lon=-121.2510&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 2, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 50235 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA00LA174 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50235/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA174 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to take adequate remedial action upon encountering aircraft control difficulties during landing. Factors included gusty wind conditions and the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor) - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - Gear collapsed, landing ## Analysis The pilot stated that after the airplane landed, 'the wind picked the plane back up into the air far enough that I added some power so that we would not stall.' The pilot reported that the airplane 'may have bounced once again', but that in any event he decided to go around at this point and added power. However, he stated, 'the plane was very difficult to control and the plane was no longer over the runway, but off to the left side.' The pilot stated that the airplane's propeller then struck the ground, and that the airplane then slid 50 to 100 feet and its landing gear collapsed. The pilot reported that no mechanical malfunction or failure was involved. Reported winds at Redmond, Oregon, about 9 nautical miles north of the accident site, changed from out of 330 degrees at 16 knots at 1556 to out of 350 degrees at 16 knots, gusting to 23 knots, at 1656. ## Factual narrative On August 31, 2000, approximately 1610 Pacific daylight time, a Beard Lancair 320 amateur-built experimental airplane, N6BQ, was substantially damaged in a loss of control and subsequent gear collapse during landing on runway 34 at the Bend, Oregon, municipal airport. The private pilot-in-command of the aircraft and a private pilot-rated passenger aboard the aircraft were not injured in the accident. Visual meteorological conditions, with winds from 330 degrees true at 16 knots, were reported at Roberts Field, Redmond, Oregon, at 1556. A visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR 91 personal flight from Hanford, California, to Bend. The pilot stated that the flight proceeded uneventfully until the landing. He stated that after the airplane landed, "events occurred very rapidly" and that he was "not exactly certain of what took place", but stated that "the wind picked the plane back up into the air far enough that I added some power so that we would not stall." The pilot reported that the airplane "may have bounced once again", but that in any event he decided to go around at this point and added power. However, he stated, "the plane was very difficult to control and the plane was no longer over the runway, but off to the left side." The pilot stated that the airplane's propeller then struck the ground, and that the airplane then slid 50 to 100 feet and its landing gear collapsed. The pilot reported that no mechanical failure or malfunction was involved in the accident. Reported winds at Redmond, about 9 nautical miles north of the accident site, changed from out of 330 degrees at 16 knots at 1556 to out of 350 degrees at 16 knots, gusting to 23 knots, at 1656. According to the U.S. Government Airport/Facility Directory, Bend Municipal runway 34 is 5,005 feet long and 75 feet wide, and is asphalt-surfaced. The runway 34 threshold is displaced 210 feet due to a road running perpendicular to the approach end, leaving a usable landing distance of 4,795 feet. The airport is equipped with a wind cone and a landing tee, and is serviced by UNICOM. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6BQ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6BQ), registered now, S/N 348-320-57-5P, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beard LANCAIR 320 (LANCAIR 32) - Registry model: [Beard Bradley A LANCAIR 320](https://openairdocs.org/model/beard-bradley-a-lancair-320) (registry code 05606AF) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 348320575P - Airframe hours: 252 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-D 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Bradley A. Beard - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, February 12, 2000, 93 hours before - Departed: HJO, HANFORD, CA - Destination: S07 - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: S07, Bend Muni, runway 34, 4,795 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 485 total, 252 in this make and model, 396 as pilot in command, 51 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Day - Wind: 312° at 16 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 39 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: RDM, 9 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 20000831012279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000831012279A), Aug 31, 2000: Amtr LANCAIR320, Bend, OR, No damage. (-23) A Lancair 320, N6BQ, piloted by private pilot bradley a. beard made a normal approach to landing on runway 34 at Bend, OR. (Flight shop, the FBO at Bend,… From the NTSB's public API. 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