20071031826229I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV-4 · Mc Minnville, OR · October 31, 2007

Date: October 31, 2007
Place: Mc Minnville, OR
Airport: Mc Minnville Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N810P
Reported as: Amtr RV4
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total600 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N810PRegistered now · Pierson Jack L RV-4S/N 318 Airframe modelPierson Jack L RV-4 Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The airplane left the runway to the right following landing and sustained damage to the left main landing gear and the aft area of the fuselage. The pilot in command stated he was checking out another pilot from the rear seat where he had no rudder control pedals. He was, therefore, not able to prevent the front seat pilot from losing longitudinal control after landing. The second pilot was identified to FAA representatives at the scene as a passenger. Subsequent efforts by FAA personnel to identify and contact the second pilot have been unsuccessful to date.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT FOLLOWING LANDING AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE AFT AREA OF THE FUSELAGE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED HE WAS CHECKING OUT ANOTHER PILOT FROM THE REAR SEAT WHERE HE HAD NO RUDDER CONTROL PEDALS. HE WAS, THEREFORE, NOT ABLE TO PREVENT THE FRONT SEAT PILOT FROM LOSING LONGITUDINAL CONTROL AFTER LANDING. THE SECOND PILOT WAS IDENTIFIED TO FAA REPRESENTATIVES AT THE SCENE AS A PASSENGER. SUBSEQUENT EFFORTS BY FAA PERSONNEL TO IDENTIFY AND CONTACT THE SECOND PILOT HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL TO DATE.