# NTSB WPR26LA140: Lancair Legacy, N212LG, Hillsboro, OR, March 16, 2026 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report - Date: March 16, 2026, 12:57 UTC - Place: Hillsboro, OR - Coordinates: 45.540777, -122.95032 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5408&lon=-122.9503&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Investigation ongoing - Investigation class: Class 3 - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 202699 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA140 - NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202699/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA140 ## Preliminary report On March 16, 2026, about 1257 Pacific daylight time, a Lancair Legacy, N212LG, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Hillsboro, Oregon. The private pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. The pilot stated that after an uneventful local flight he configured the airplane to land on runway 31L. The airplane touched down on the main landing gear and while decelerating, the nose landing gear contacted the runway. The nose gear had a violent shimmy that continued even as the airplane slowed. As the pilot prepared to exit the runway he applied brakes and the nose landing gear subsequently collapsed. The propeller struck the runway surface and the airplane came to rest in a nose-low attitude on the runway. During the accident sequence several of the engine mounts and part of the forward fuselage structural tubing had cracked. The pilot stated that the landing gear indications in the cockpit showed the gear in the down and locked position. The pilot, who built the airplane and holds a repairman certificate, reported that the nose landing gear incorporated a stainless-steel bushing modification in the over-center hinge. He stated that during the most recent condition inspection, the mechanism appeared to move over-center as intended. A review of data recorded by the Garmin G3X flight display revealed that at 1254:50, the gear extension cycle was initiated, and the gear remained in transit for about 5 seconds, consistent with an airborne extension. At 1254:56, the data indicated the landing gear was down and locked, with the airplane still airborne. At 1256:25, weight-on-wheels was detected, with no gear fault present. About 12 seconds later the gear-down indication was lost while weight-on-wheels remained active, and a gear fault was recorded. Between 1256:38 and 1256:40, the gear fault indication cleared briefly before returning at 1256:43 when a persistent gear fault was present with a no gear-down indication while the airplane remained sensed as on the ground. The canopy was opened at 1257:04. ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Lowry David LANCAIR LEGACY, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=05639XK), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N212LG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N212LG), registered now, S/N L2K-135, built 2022 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: LANCAIR Legacy - Registry model: [Lowry David LANCAIR LEGACY](https://openairdocs.org/model/lowry-david-lancair-legacy) (registry code 05639XK) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: L2K-135 - Year built: 2022 - Airframe hours: 228 - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, January 5, 2026, 2 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: HIO, Portland-Hillsboro, runway 13R/31L, 6,600 × 150 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 210° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 45 °F - Altimeter: 30.14 inHg - Observed at: KHIO ## 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 20260316003019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260316003019A), Mar 16, 2026: Lowry David LANCAIR LEGACY, Hillsboro, OR, Substantial damage. Nose landing gear started violent shimmy just after touchdown. This violent shimmy resulted in component failure and nose landing gear collapse. The collapse… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.