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FAA incident report · Amtr RV8A · Endicott, NY · April 21, 2006

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Date
April 21, 2006 · 17:15 local
Place
Endicott, NY
Airport
Tri-Cities Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N448GM
Reported as
Amtr RV8A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total98 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days
N448GMRegistered now · Matson Gary D VANS ACFT RV-8AS/N 81869 · Built 2004Airframe modelMatson Gary D VANS ACFT RV-8AEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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(-23) On 04/21/2006 at 1715 EDT a vans RV-8A (N448GM) operated by the owner/builder, the pilot privacy data omitted landed on grassy area at czg. On rollout, the aircraft contacted a small drainage swale causing it to flip over. In his interview and written statement the pilot privacy data omitted stated that he first landed on the paved runway and taxied to parking where he asked a pilot if he used the grass runway, and if the abandoned cross runway was an issue. The pilot he talked to informed him that he uses the grass and that using 21 was better since the grass area was longer than 03. The pilot stated that they roll across the abandoned cross runway with gliders without incident. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that he taxied back to the grass area and took off getting airborne prior to the cross runway. He called the pattern, returned and executed a soft field landing on the same grass. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that he saw on his rollout that he would cross the abandoned cross runway. He stated that just prior, and parallel to the abandoned runway the nose wheel contacted a small drainage swale causing the nose wheel to come off the ground. The aircraft bounced slightly but wasnot troubling. On the FAR side of the abandoned runway he encountered another swale and with a sharp jolt it caused the nose wheel to come back off the ground. When the nose wheel came back down the gear stuck in the grass, causing the aircraft to flip directly over the nose and came to rest on its top. The pilot privacy data omitted escaped with only superficial injuries. The aircraft sustained damage to the prop, vertical stabilizer, roll bar and canopy. The aircraft was removed from the grassy area and placed in a hangar. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 04/21/2006 AT 1715 EDT A VANS RV-8A (N448GM) OPERATED BY THE OWNER/BUILDER, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON GRASSY AREA AT CZG. ON ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A SMALL DRAINAGE SWALE CAUSING IT TO FLIP OVER. IN HIS INTERVIEW AND WRITTEN STATEMENT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE FIRST LANDED ON THE PAVED RUNWAY AND TAXIED TO PARKING WHERE HE ASKED A PILOT IF HE USED THE GRASS RUNWAY, AND IF THE ABANDONED CROSS RUNWAY WAS AN ISSUE. THE PILOT HE TALKED TO INFORMED HIM THAT HE USES THE GRASS AND THAT USING 21 WAS BETTER SINCE THE GRASS AREA WAS LONGER THAN 03. THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY ROLL ACROSS THE ABANDONED CROSS RUNWAY WITH GLIDERS WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE TAXIED BACK TO THE GRASS AREA AND TOOK OFF GETTING AIRBORNE PRIOR TO THE CROSS RUNWAY. HE CALLED THE PATTERN, RETURNED AND EXECUTED A SOFT FIELD LANDING ON THE SAME GRASS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE SAW ON HIS ROLLOUT THAT HE WOULD CROSS THE ABANDONED CROSS RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT JUST PRIOR, AND PARALLEL TO THE ABANDONED RUNWAY THE NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED A SMALL DRAINAGE SWALE CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO COME OFF THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SLIGHTLY BUT WASNOT TROUBLING. ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ABANDONED RUNWAY HE ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER SWALE AND WITH A SHARP JOLT IT CAUSED THE NOSE WHEEL TO COME BACK OFF THE GROUND. WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL CAME BACK DOWN THE GEAR STUCK IN THE GRASS, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP DIRECTLY OVER THE NOSE AND CAME TO REST ON ITS TOP. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ ESCAPED WITH ONLY SUPERFICIAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROP, VERTICAL STABILIZER, ROLL BAR AND CANOPY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE GRASSY AREA AND PLACED IN A HANGAR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.