Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 08:55:23 -0400
From: ricargente@cs.com
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
Subject: LNC2 Accident 
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Pilot confirmed three green lights but landing gear retracted on 
landing?  I wonder which one and how this can happen.  Hope we can get some
insights from the builder or pilot who I believe is an LML contributor/member.
-Rick Argente

>From the NTSB files:
NTSB Identification: DEN01LA121

Accident occurred Friday, July 06, 2001 at La Junta, CO
Aircraft:Griffith-Boyd Lancair 360, registration: N15EG
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any
errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been 
completed.On July 6, 2001, approximately 1030 mountain daylight time, 
a Griffith-Boyd Lancair 360, N15EG, registered to and operated by the pilot,
was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain during landing at 
La Junta Municipal Airport, La Junta, Colorado. The private pilot-in-command 
and the commercial flight instructor-passenger were not injured.
  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been 
filed for the personal flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The
flight originated approximately 0930.
   Preliminary information indicates the pilot and his friend had been
practicing steep turns and stalls and were returning to land at the airport when 
the accident occurred. The pilot said that he lowered the landing gear and
confirmed it was down by noting the change in aerodynamic sounds and three 
green lights annunciated. When he turned onto final approach, he again
confirmed the landing gear was down and that he had three green lights.
   The pilot said that when the airplane touched down, the landing gear
retracted. The airplane skidded 300 feet before leaving the runway, and skidded
another 300 feet in the dirt and gravel before coming to a halt in a shallow ditch.
   The pilot said all three landing gear doors were open. When he turned
the master switch on, both solenoids that power the hydraulic system 
activated.


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