# Accident 20020811024369A: Amtr RV6, Nephi, UT, August 11, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 11, 2002, 17:00 local time - Place: Nephi, UT - Airport: Nephi Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 39.6807° N, 111.8296° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6807&lon=-111.8296&mi=10 - Aircraft: N835YC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N835YC-2003-04-02) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Collette Ronald L RV6 (registry code 05604J5, https://openairdocs.org/model/collette-ronald-l-rv6) (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: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,575 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA094) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020811024369A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LANDING INTO THE WIND AT THE NEPHI, UTAH AIRPORT. UPON LANDING IT APPEARED THAT BRAKING WAS APPLIED UNEVENLY RESULTING IN SWERVE TO THE LEFT AND THEN BACK TO RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SWERVED BACK TO THE LEFT SCRAPING THE LEFT WINGTIP ON THE RUNWAY. IT CONTINUED TOWARD THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY WITH BOTH BRAKES LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. 10 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY THE BRAKES WERE UNLOCKED AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF. HE BECAME AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT 1/4 MILE AT A SPEED BELOW WHICH THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT RESPOND PROPERLY TO CONTROL INPUTS. HE ELECTED TO CRASH LAND BECAUSE THE CONTROL DIFFICULTY. DURING THE INVESTIGATION THE BRAKES WERE FOUND TO BE SOFT AND AIR WAS OBSERVED IN A PLASTIC BRAKE LINE. BRAKE SYSTEM WAS INTACT. THE PILOT SAID HE HAD BLED THE BRAKES 2 DAYS PREVIOUSLY. THE UNEVEN BRAKING WAS CAUSED BY THE PILOT PUMPING THE BRAKES TO GET THEM TO WORK EFFECTIVELY. (.4) ON AUGUST 11, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1745 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A COLLETTE RV6 HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE, N835YC, OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AT NEPHI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (U14), NEPHI, UTAH. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THIS PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1730. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 AND AFTER TOUCH DOWN ON THE CENTERLINE, THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT. HE CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER CONTROL INPUT AND BROUGHT THE AIRPLANE BACK TO THE CENTERLINE. THE LEFT WING TIP DIPPED AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER TO THE LEFT A SECOND TIME. HE ADDED FULL POWER, RIGHT RUDDER AND AILERON AND ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND BECAME AIRBORNE FOR A MOMENT, BUT THE CONTROLS FELT "SLUGGISH," AND THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLIMB. HE CONTINUED OVER SOME FARM EQUIPMENT, A ROAD, A FENCE AND HE SET UP FOR A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR AND BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT POINTS. AT 1735, THE REPORTED WEATHER CONDITIONS AT PROVO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PVU), PROVO, UTAH, (APPROXIMATELY 30 NAUTICAL MILES AND AT 350 DEGREES FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE) WAS WIND, 330 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS; VISIBILITY, 10 STATUTE MILES; SKY CONDITION, CLEAR; TEMPERATURE, 34 DEGREES C.; DEW POINT, 02 DEGREES C.; ALTIMETER SETTING, 29.97. ## 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 DEN02LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA094), Aug 11, 2002: Collette RV6 (N835YC), Nephi, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing roll, resulting in his attempt to go-around and an inadvertent stall/mush. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.