- Date
- April 8, 2005, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bend, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N115YPShannon Lancair Legacy 2000
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Portland, OR
- FAA report
- 20050408005039A
- Case key
- 61278
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to put the landing gear down for landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said that he was flying off his Federal Aviation Administration restriction time for new homebuilt airplanes. He said that he forgot to put the landing gear down for the landing. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that both wing spars were bent, and the wings were wrinkled.
Factual narrative
On April 8, 2005, at approximately 1500 Pacific daylight time, a Shannon, Lancair Legacy 2000 experimental homebuilt, N115YP, was substantially damaged during a gear-up landing at Bend Municipal Airport, Bend, Oregon. The private pilot, the sole occupant in the airplane, was not injured. The airplane was being operated under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight that originated at approximately 1430. The pilot had not filed a flight plan for the flight.
The pilot said that he was flying off his Federal Aviation Administration restriction time for new homebuilt airplanes. He said that he forgot to put the landing gear down for the landing. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that both wing spars were bent, and the wings were wrinkled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N115YP
- Reported as
- Shannon Lancair Legacy 2000
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- L2K 143
- Airframe hours
- 29
- Engine
- Continental 550 N10B, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Shannon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 29, 2004
- Departed
- S07 · Bend, OR
- Destination
- S07
- Airport
- S07 · Bend Municipal Airport, runway 16, 5,005 × 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
- 77
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- September 2, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,784 total · 24 in this make and model · 24 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.56 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.