20041217030729A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr RV-7A · Gordanville, TX · December 17, 2004

Date
December 17, 2004 · 12:05 local
Place
Gordanville, TX
Airport
Cedar Mills Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N207TP
NTSB investigation
NTSBDFW05CA042
Reported as
Amtr RV7A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total30 in this make and model35 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) On 12/17/2004, at approximately 1205 CST, a ohlemeier dl/stratton WA, vans RV-7A, N207TP, owned and operated byprivacy data omittedexperienced a hard landing at whitesboro, Texas, (Cedar Mills, 3TO), causing substantial damage to the aircraft and injuring the pilot and passenger. The pilot received a laceration to his head as he exited the aircraft and the passenger received back and neck injuries. The flight originated from hidden valley a private airport located in denton, TX. Marks on the runway indicated the aircraft nose landing gear contacted the grass runway first followed by the main landing gear, bounced hitting left wing tip and then the right wing tip, skidded approximately 200 feet and flipped over on the nose and went inverted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 12/17/2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1205 CST, A OHLEMEIER DL/STRATTON WA, VANS RV-7A, N207TP, OWNED AND OPERATED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTEDEXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT WHITESBORO, TEXAS, (CEDAR MILLS, 3TO), CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND INJURING THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. THE PILOT RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD AS HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED BACK AND NECK INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM HIDDEN VALLEY A PRIVATE AIRPORT LOCATED IN DENTON, TX. MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE GRASS RUNWAY FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, BOUNCED HITTING LEFT WING TIP AND THEN THE RIGHT WING TIP, SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AND FLIPPED OVER ON THE NOSE AND WENT INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

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