# Accident 19910615021919A: Amtrvn VANSRV4, Manville, NJ, June 15, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1991, 15:30 local time
- Place: Manville, NJ
- Airport: Kupper Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5244° N, 74.5983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5244&lon=-74.5983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222KM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222KM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Komoroski E J/Rounsaville T M RV-4 (registry code 05608HW, https://openairdocs.org/model/komoroski-e-j-rounsaville-t-m-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRVN VANSRV4
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 65 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91DHA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91DHA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910615021919A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST CONTROL LANDING. RAN OFF INTO GRASS. BEGAN GO AROUND BUT HIT A DIRT MOUND AND FLIPPED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC91DHA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91DHA02), Jun 15, 1991: Vans RV-4 (N222KM), Manville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AFTER AN ABORTED LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRPLANE COLLIDING WITH A MOUND OF DIRT OFF THE RUNWAY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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