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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 337A · Grundy, VA · March 13, 2004

Date: March 13, 2004 · 15:00 local
Place: Grundy, VA
Airport: Grundy Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9KX
Reported as: Cessna 337A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total90 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) privacy data omitted Mr. Keith r. latham was pilot in command and conducting an after maintenance test flight at Grundy, VA, where the aircraft had recently had maintenance. The mechanic/ia who performed the maintenance was a passenger on this flight. Due to gusty wind conditions, the pilot maintained a higher than normal approach speed, but was unable to stop on the runway and ran off the end of runway 22. The aircraft went down an embankment into a small ravine of rough terrain, causing the nose gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MR. KEITH R. LATHAM WAS PILOT IN COMMAND AND CONDUCTING AN AFTER MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT AT GRUNDY, VA, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECENTLY HAD MAINTENANCE. THE MECHANIC/IA WHO PERFORMED THE MAINTENANCE WAS A PASSENGER ON THIS FLIGHT. DUE TO GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS, THE PILOT MAINTAINED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL APPROACH SPEED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND RAN OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 22. THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT INTO A SMALL RAVINE OF ROUGH TERRAIN, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.