Eugene Hughes LANCAIR IV N124GH

Summary

On 8 May 1999 at about 21:30 local time, a Eugene Hughes LANCAIR IV registered N124GH was involved in an accident near Butte, Montana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 May 1999 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Butte, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Bert Mooney (BTM)

Coordinates

45.9990, -112.4399

Aircraft

Eugene Hughes LANCAIR IV

Registration

N124GH

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA99LA061

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was practicing a short field approach with a high rate of descent. The pilot stated that he did not maintain sufficient airspeed to arrest the descent and the aircraft landed hard. The left main landing gear collapsed, and as the aircraft departed the side of the runway, the left wing collided with runway markers.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.