ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208617
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Date: | Thursday 17 August 2017 |
Time: | 08:55 |
Type: | Van's RV-4 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N687BP |
MSN: | 1303 |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Yerington, NV -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Yerington, NV (O43) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during landing, the airplane bounced. On the third bounce, the airplane veered off the runway to the left, the nosewheel impacted a sandbar, and the airplane nosed over.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The pilot did not submit the National Transportation Safety Board Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report Form 6120.1.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounded landing and subsequent loss of directional control.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | GAA17CA493 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Apr-2018 07:34 |
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