20071221831569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV7A · Willits, CA · December 21, 2007

Date: December 21, 2007 · 16:00 local
Place: Willits, CA
Airport: Ells Field-Willits Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N766RC
Reported as: Amtr RV7A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 850 total34 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

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) According to the pilot & witness reports, aircraft touched down 400 feet after runway threshold at a high rate of speed. Pilot attempted to stop aircraft by locking up the brakes. 241 feet skid trails left on runway. Aircraft ran off the north end of the runway by 5 feet. The nose gear collapsed when the wheel ran into a mud puddle. The aircraft propeller sustained minor damage during the nose gear collapse.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT & WITNESS REPORTS, AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN 400 FEET AFTER RUNWAY THRESHOLD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STOP AIRCRAFT BY LOCKING UP THE BRAKES. 241 FEET SKID TRAILS LEFT ON RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY BY 5 FEET. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN THE WHEEL RAN INTO A MUD PUDDLE. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE.