NTSB Identification: SEA03LA005 Accident occurred Tuesday, October 15, 2002 at Coeur d'Alene, ID
Aircraft:Lancair LANCAIR IV, registration: N599L
Injuries: 2 Fatal, 1 Serious.

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On October 15, 2002, approximately 0905 Pacific daylight time, a Lancair IV, N599L, registered to and operated by IV, Inc., and being flown by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged during an aborted landing at a non-airspaced private landing site approximately four nautical miles east-southeast of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The pilot and rear seat passenger sustained fatal injuries and the front right seat passenger (non-flying pilot) sustained serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions with light winds existed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. The business flight was operated under 14CFR91, and originated from Boise, Idaho, approximately 0750, destined for the accident landing site.

The surviving passenger (pilot) had flown into and out of the landing site on previous occasions and was briefly interviewed by an FAA inspector following the accident. The passenger (who had flown into the landing site before) reported that the left seat pilot was flying the aircraft and that the pilot had never been into this landing site before. The owner of the landing site, who owned and operated a Lancair aircraft based at the landing site, reported that the runway measured 2,206 feet in length by 40 feet in width and its surface was asphalt. Runway 07 (the landing runway) had an approximate +1.5 degree slope and a moderate terrain down slope at its approach end.

A witness (owner of the landing site) reported that the aircraft entered a left traffic pattern and on short final appeared to have a higher than expected nose attitude as well as a higher then expected elevation at the approach end of the runway. He observed the aircraft touch down with the left main wheel on the asphalt and approximately three feet left of the runway's right edge. The right main wheel touched down in soft dirt and gravel. The aircraft bounced and settled, and then he heard a power application. The aircraft did not become airborne and continued veering to the right until the right wing impacted several trees. The right wing separated from the fuselage upon the second tree strike. Shortly thereafter, the left wing impacted a tree and separated, as did the empennage, and the aircraft then slid to a stop inverted. There was no post-crash fire.