N825D – DENISAR RICHARD A LANCAIR 320 – 2013-10-22 NTSB Accident Report

On October 22, 2013, a Denisar Richard A LANCAIR 320 (N825D) was involved in an incident near Lumberton, NJ. All 2 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: A hard landing by the pilot, which resulted in overload failure of landing gear components and surrounding structure.

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.

This incident is documented in NTSB report ERA14CA016. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N825D.