# Accident 20021119034929A: Amtr RV6A, Kansascity, MO, November 19, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Kansascity, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8092° N, 94.5307° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8092&lon=-94.5307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94KT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021119034929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT AT THE PIC'S PRIVATE DIRT STRIP, AS EVIDENCED BY THE FRONT SECTION OF THE NOSE-WHEEL FAIRING LYING NEARBY, WAS CLOSE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE STRIP AND SLIGHTLY UPHILL. THERE WERE NO FURTHER GROUND MARKS FOR APPROXIMATELY 210 FEET, WHERE A 54-FOOT-LONG FURROW MADE BY THE REMAINDER OF THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING WAS EVIDENT, FOLLOWED BY FOUR DISTINCT PROPELLER STRIKES FOR ANOTHER SEVEN FEET. THERE WERE NO FURTHER GROUND SCARS FOR APPROXIMATELY 33 FEET, AT WHICH POINT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF THE LEFT WING-TIP AND PROP SPINNER CONTACTING THE GROUND. THERE WAS ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH OVER ONTO ITS BACK AS EVIDENCED BY AN IMPRINT FROM THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGAITON REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF A SMLL NAIL EMBEDDED IN THE NOSE TIRE, AND THE TIRE WAS UNABLE TO HOLD PRESSURE. HOWEVER, THE PRISTINE APPEARANCE OF THE NAIL DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE GONE THRUGH A CRASH SEQUENCE OF THIS NATURE, NOR DID THE NOSE TIRE EXHIBIT SIDE-WALL SCUFFING INDICATIVE OF IT BEING FLAT DURING LANDING ROLLOUT.

## 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 CHI03LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA026), Nov 19, 2002: A Pair of Jacks RV-6A (N94KT), Belton, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The punctured nose landing gear tire.

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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