Amateur-built Lancair IVP Turbine accident near Mckinney, Texas, November 11, 2023
On November 11, 2023 at about 6:41 pm local time, a 2002 amateur-built Lancair IVP Turbine, registered N751HP, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing near Mckinney, Texas (Aero Country airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain and a vehicle.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- November 11, 2023 · about 6:41 pm local time
- Place
- Mckinney, Texas · Aero Country · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built Lancair IVP Turbine, built 2002
- Registration
- N751HP · registry record · serial LIV404
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot reported that while in cruise at flight level (FL) 250, the airplane sustained a sudden loss of pressurization. He descended the airplane to 10,000 ft mean sea level (msl) and continued to his planned destination. He had not previously landed at the destination airport, so he performed a touch and go landing “to see the field,” and then flew a standard traffic pattern for landing. On the downwind leg the ball on the top of the power lever unscrewed and the pilot continued the approach. The pilot reported the airplane touched down in the first 500 ft of the runway without a float or a bounce in ground effect. He immediately “hit [the] brakes gently” and maintained the runway centerline. For about 5 to 10 seconds, the pilot unsuccessfully attempted to move the power lever into beta-reverse and applied maximum braking; however, the brakes faded, and the stopping power decreased. The airplane subsequently exited the end of the runway, went through an airport perimeter fence, and struck a moving vehicle on a roadway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. A review of a cellular telephone camera video provided to the National Transportation Safety Board showed that the airplane touched down near the midpoint of the 3,002 ft runway, bounced and touched down again. Tire skid marks were observed about 200 ft beyond the runway’s midpoint and continued for about 1,300 ft until the airplane exited the runway surface. Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) and avionics data showed the airplane’s groundspeed was between 96 and 99 knots and the flaps were extended to 40° during the final approach. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded a normal landing. Although the power lever ball top unscrewed, the power lever functioned normally between full power and reverse settings.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Runway excursion during landing
- Landing area overshoot during landing defining event
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Action/decision › Info processing/decision › Decision making/judgment › Pilot
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Descent/approach/glide path › Not attained/maintained
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot, private
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,588 hours in all; 57.5 in this make and model; 48 in the last 90 days; 26 in the last 30 days; 1,315 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: April 3, 2023
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Last inspection: condition inspection; 85 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,850 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6-A-135 (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: MDD Midland TX at 5:14 pm
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 17, 3,002 ft by 60 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 7,000 ft; clear
- Temperature: 63°F (17°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter: 30.25 inHg
- Observation at 12:53 pm from KTKI, 8 miles away
Weather report (METAR): KTKI 111853Z 10005KT 10SM OVC070 17/04 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP248 T01670039
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN24LA037.