# Accident 20060426007049A: Amtr RV7A, Northport, WA, April 26, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2006, 16:30 local time
- Place: Northport, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.9275° N, 117.7644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9275&lon=-117.7644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20342, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20342-2019-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schmidt Steve RV7A (registry code 056141D, https://openairdocs.org/model/schmidt-steve-rv7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV7A
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 310 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060426007049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ OF N20342 MADE A HARD LANDING AT HIS PRIVATE AIRPORT NEAR NORTHPORT, WA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE WINDS WERE EXCESSIVELY GUSTY AND ON TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. INSTEAD OF REMAINING ON THE ASPHALT RUNWAY, THE PILOT, BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, MISTAKENLY EXITED THE RUNWAY ONTO THE ADJACENT PLOWED SOD. THE DAMAGED NOSE GEAR THEN STUCK INTO THE SOFT SOIL AND STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT. THE RESIDUAL FORWARD MOMENTUM FLIPPED THE AIRPLANE TAIL OVER. THE HARD LANDING SHEARED AND FOLDED THE NOSE GEAR AFT CAUSING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER, AND LEFT AILERON WERE SLIGHTLY BENT AND BRAISED FROM THE RESULTANT FLIP.

## 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 SEA06CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA086), Apr 26, 2006: Schmidt RV7A (N20342), Northport, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing flare/touchdown. Factors contributing to the accident included the gusty wind and soft terrain conditions which resulted in the…

## Other reports on N20342 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20180724021399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180724021399A), Jul 24, 2018: Schmidt Steve RV7A (N20342), Princeton, MN, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed with flat/low nose tire. Flipped over in soft sand & grass alongside runway. Aircraft landed on the numbers but continued for 1500 feet…

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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