# Incident 19950418011589I: Amtr RV6, Danbury, CT, April 18, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1995, 13:45 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Axelrod Dana RV-6 (registry code 05608VB, https://openairdocs.org/model/axelrod-dana-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 305 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950418011589I

## Narrative

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

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.

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