# Accident 20061121028189A: Amtr RV6A, Manassas, VA, November 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2006, 16:15 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Skyview
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7164° N, 77.6347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7164&lon=-77.6347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5779, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5779-2013-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Baggett Robert E RV6A (registry code 05604X3, https://openairdocs.org/model/baggett-robert-e-rv6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 5 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061121028189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST ATTEMPTED LANDING IN THIS PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT. FINAL APPROACH WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT, TOUCHDOWN TO THE WEST WAS AS USUAL ON THE UPSLOPE WITH THROTTLE ALL THE WAY BACK, WHEN AIRCRAFT CRESTED THE RISE IT ROSE MUCH HIGHER THAN HIS PREVIOUS AIRCRAFT HAD. AT THE SAME TIME A STRONG CROSSWIND GUST HIT THE AIRCRAFT AND BLEW IT OFF TO THE SOUTH AT AN ANGLE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED HE MAINTAINED NORMAL BACK PRESSURE ON THE ELEVATOR, BUT BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL, IT PICKED UP SPEED AS IT DESCENDED. PILOT STATED THAT RUDDER PRESSURE DID NOT CORRECT THE DRIFT TO THE LEFT. PILOT STATED THAT THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN WAS MUCH FARTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY THAN NORMAL AND OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN DEEP GRASS, AND THE AIRCRAFT ASSUMED A STRAIGHT-LINE ROLL AT THE FORCED ANGLE ESTABLISHED BY THE CROSSWIND. PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY BY USING EVERY CONTROL AVAILABLE; I.E. BRAKES, RUDDER AND AILERON, BUT THEY WERE NOT EFFECTIVE. THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED AS IT PLOWED THROUGH THE GRASS, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP PRIOR TO IMPACTING A TREE OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE GRASS STRIP. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## 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 NYC07CA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA035), Nov 21, 2006: Baggett RV6A (N5779), Nokesville, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compenstation for a crosswind while landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

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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