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FAA incident report · Amtr RV-6 · Danbury, CT · April 18, 1995

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Date
April 18, 1995 · 13:45 local
Place
Danbury, CT
Airport
Danbury Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N69B
Reported as
Amtr RV6
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
380 total305 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days
N69BRegistered now · Axelrod Dana RV-6S/N 21121 · Built 1992Airframe modelAxelrod Dana RV-6Engine modelLycoming 0-360-A1DReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on April 18, 1995, at approximately 1345 local time, an axelrod dana, experimental RV6 registered to james r. heron, lost control during roll out hitting an airport marker while landing on runway 17 in dxr, located in Danbury, CT. The pilot, james heron, reported that while landing a gust of wind caught the aircraft and turned it 90 degrees to the runway. The aircraft then proceeded off runway 17 at the intersection of alpha taxiway, hitting a runway light and an airport marker. The pilot and passenger on board were not injured. The aircraft was damaged as follows: the left wing leading edge had deformation 88" outboard of the butt rib over an 18" area and the wing tip was damaged. A 3" dent approximately 1/2" deep was also noted on the left lower wing skin 31" outboard of the butt rib. Propeller was splintered so that approximately 1/2 the chord was missing along the entire length of one blade. ATC, jim fontana, observed the incident noting that the wind was 5-6 kt, at 240 degrees at the time and was in the process of changing runways due to wind direction change. Jim fontana reported that they were experiencing constant wind changes during that time. He said that an aircraft landing just prior to N69B reported some cross winds.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 18, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1345 LOCAL TIME, AN AXELROD DANA, EXPERIMENTAL RV6 REGISTERED TO JAMES R. HERON, LOST CONTROL DURING ROLL OUT HITTING AN AIRPORT MARKER WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 IN DXR, LOCATED IN DANBURY, CT. THE PILOT, JAMES HERON, REPORTED THAT WHILE LANDING A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT AND TURNED IT 90 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN PROCEEDED OFF RUNWAY 17 AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALPHA TAXIWAY, HITTING A RUNWAY LIGHT AND AN AIRPORT MARKER. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED AS FOLLOWS: THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE HAD DEFORMATION 88" OUTBOARD OF THE BUTT RIB OVER AN 18" AREA AND THE WING TIP WAS DAMAGED. A 3" DENT APPROXIMATELY 1/2" DEEP WAS ALSO NOTED ON THE LEFT LOWER WING SKIN 31" OUTBOARD OF THE BUTT RIB. PROPELLER WAS SPLINTERED SO THAT APPROXIMATELY 1/2 THE CHORD WAS MISSING ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF ONE BLADE. ATC, JIM FONTANA, OBSERVED THE INCIDENT NOTING THAT THE WIND WAS 5-6 KT, AT 240 DEGREES AT THE TIME AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING RUNWAYS DUE TO WIND DIRECTION CHANGE. JIM FONTANA REPORTED THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING CONSTANT WIND CHANGES DURING THAT TIME. HE SAID THAT AN AIRCRAFT LANDING JUST PRIOR TO N69B REPORTED SOME CROSS WINDS.