# Accident 20050812019739A: Braban RV9A, Wasilla, AK, August 12, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6217° N, 149.2864° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6217&lon=-149.2864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63EB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRABAN RV9A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 115 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050812019739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TOOK OFF FROM NEW WASILLA AIRPORT TO REPOSITION AIRCRAFT A FEW MILES AWAY AT CARDWELL STRIP (PRIVATE). UPON LANDING AND ROLLING APPROX. 90 FEET TO NOSE GEAR FORK (WHICH IS ATTACHED HORIZONTALLY FROM THE FRONT OF THE TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY) BEGAN SLIGHTLY DIGGING INTO THE GRAVEL APPROXIMATELY EVERY 30 TO 40 FEET AS IF PORPOISING. THE NOSE GEAR EVENTUALLY DUG IN DEEP ENOUGH TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LEVERAGE TO CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER ON ITS BACK. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND HAD TO BE CUT BY RESCUE WORKERS TO REMOVE THE SLIGHTLY INJURED PILOT.

## 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 ANC05LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA123), Aug 12, 2005: Brabandt RV-9A (N63EB), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of nose gear strut/fork-to-ground clearance that led to the collapse of the nose gear strut and nose-over during the landing roll. Factors contributing to the accident were an uneven…

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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