20020910038119A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr RV-8A · Brodhead, WI · September 10, 2002

Date
September 10, 2002 · 12:30 local
Place
Brodhead, WI
Airport
Brodhead Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N54LF
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI02LA278
Reported as
Amtr RV8A
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total30 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Nose landing gear strut collapsed on landing, causing the aircraft to flip over-found nose strut bent. Landing was reported as normal by witnesses until strut bent.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED ON LANDING, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER-FOUND NOSE STRUT BENT. LANDING WAS REPORTED AS NORMAL BY WITNESSES UNTIL STRUT BENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.