# Incident 20071221831569I: Amtr RV7A, Willits, CA, December 21, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Place: Willits, CA
- Airport: Ells Field-Willits Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4513° N, 123.3723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLS FLD/WILLITS MUNI (O28), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4513&lon=-123.3723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N766RC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV7A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 34 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/20071221831569I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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