Denisar Richard A LANCAIR 320 N825D

Summary

On 22 October 2013 at about 23:30 local time, a Denisar Richard A LANCAIR 320 registered N825D, operated by Denisar Richard A, was involved in an accident near Lumberton, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 October 2013 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lumberton, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Flying W (N14)

Coordinates

39.9342, -74.8072

Aircraft

Denisar Richard A LANCAIR 320

Registration

N825D

Category

Airplane

Year built

2006

Engines

1

Operator

Denisar Richard A

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lumberton → Lumberton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

ERA14CA016

Nobody was injured.

A hard landing by the pilot, which resulted in overload failure of landing gear components and surrounding structure.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot initially reported that the airplane landed "a little hard" and he performed a go-around. During the second landing, the right main landing gear collapsed and the airplane departed the right side of the runway. In a subsequent statement, he described the first landing as a "bounce" and suggested a phenolic block in the airframe landing-gear support structure had failed, which resulted in the gear collapse and substantial damage to the airplane. Examination of the wreckage and photographs by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aviation safety inspector revealed that an aluminum landing gear bracket as well as the surrounding structure failed due to impact and overload.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.