# Incident 20061005024779I: Amtr VANSRV8, Tulsa, OK, October 5, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2006, 19:38 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4546Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4546Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Inhofe James M / Davis Jim VANS RV-8 (registry code 05614MA, https://openairdocs.org/model/inhofe-james-m-davis-jim-vans-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VANSRV8
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 420 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061005024779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 5, 2006, A VANS (EXPERIMENTAL) RV-8, N4546Y, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 1 RIGHT AT THE RICHARD JONES-TULSA RIVERSIDE AIRPORT, JENKS, OK. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE; THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT AND PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS ACTIVATED. ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS MADE BY THE PILOT, HE INDICATED THAT THEY LANDED AT DUNCAN, OK EARLIER IN THE DAY. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT AT DUNCAN, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE RUDDER WAS NOT RESPONSIVE FOR GROUND MANEUVERING OF THE TAIL WHEEL. THE PILOT STATED TAHT HE AND HIS PASSENGER WENT ABOUT CONDUCTING THEIR BUSINESS; THEN LATER TOOK-OFF FOR TULSA-RIVERSIDE. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT DURING THE TAXI THAT HE WAS AGAIN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE RUDDER FOR GROUND STEERING. NEVERTHELESS, HE STATED THAT THE PROBLEMS SUBSIDED WHEN HE TOOK-OFF. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT TWO STEERING CABLES WERE DETACHED FROM THE RUDDER HORN-TO-BELL CRANK ASSEMBLIES. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE AS FOLLOWS: WINDS CALM, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, SKY CLEAR, TEMPERATURE 18 DEGREES CELSIUS, ALTIMETER 30.22 HG.

## Other reports on N4546Y (2)

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

- [Accident 20110622011699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110622011699A), Jun 22, 2011: Inhofe James M / Davis Jim VANS RV-8 (N4546Y), Sheridan, WY, Substantial damage. On June 22, 2011 at approximately 1730 LCL N4546Y, a vans RV-8, sustained substantial damage upon landing at Sheridan, WY. The pilot and one (1) passenger…
- [Incident 20040308003479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040308003479I), Mar 8, 2004: Amtr VANSRV8 (N4546Y), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. (-23) After landing and turning right on the taxiway the aircraft made a ground loop of more than 360 degrees when the brakes were applied. The skid marks…

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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