# Incident 20081207854639I: Dixon VANSRV4, Las Vegas, NV, December 7, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2008, 12:45 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2107° N, 115.1944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2107&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N402BD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dixon Billy F VANS RV4 (registry code 05614SQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/dixon-billy-f-vans-rv4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIXON VANSRV4
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 160 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081207854639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/07/2008, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S IN AIRCRAFT N402BD, A VANS RV4, ON RUNWAY 12 LEFT AT VGT WHEN ON THIRD LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN AT A "CRABBED" POSITION RESULTING IN A TAIL RIGHT ANGLE.  AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED LEFT OF RUNWAY ABOUT MID-FIELD.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP AIRCRAFT.  PILOT APPLIED HEAVY BRAKES CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO GO TAIL UP.  AS A RESULT THE PROPELLER AND SPINNER IMPACTED THE GROUND AND AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK TO TAIL DOWN POSITION CAUSING PROPELLER AND SPINNER TO BE DESTROYED.  ALSO BOTH FIXED GEAR WHEEL SHROUDS TO BE SCUFFED AND DAMAGED.  CONFIRMED DAMAGE ON 12/9/2008.

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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