# NTSB SEA05CA078: Shannon Lancair Legacy 2000, N115YP, Bend, OR, April 8, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 8, 2005, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Bend, OR
- Coordinates: 44.094722, -121.200553
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0947&lon=-121.2006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 7, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Portland, OR
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61278
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA05CA078
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61278/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA078

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to put the landing gear down for landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Wheels up landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115YP), registered now, S/N L2K 143 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Shannon Lancair Legacy 2000
- Registry model: [Shannon Robert L LANCAIR LEGACY 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/shannon-robert-l-lancair-legacy-2000) (registry code 056153F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: L2K 143
- Airframe hours: 29
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 77; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20050408005039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050408005039A), Apr 8, 2005: LANCAIRL2000, Bend, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) N115YP landed on runway 16 at Bend Municipal Airport with its landing gear not down and locked. The aircraft then skidded off the runway surface into the…

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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