# Accident 20090121002039A: Dickso RV8, El Monte, CA, January 21, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2009, 12:00 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0858° N, 118.0347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0858&lon=-118.0347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N396JD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N396JD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dickson Jim RV-8 (registry code 05619IF, https://openairdocs.org/model/dickson-jim-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DICKSO RV8
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 15 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090121002039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR PILOT (PIC) STATES THE FOLLWING, "WE LANDED AND WERE GOING DOWN THE RUNWAY NICE AND STRAIGHT, I TOLD HIM HE DID A GOOD JOB AND THEN HE MADE A HARD LEFT TURN I SAID DON'T DO THAT AND WHEN I SAW IT WAS STILL TURNING LEFT I TRIED TO CORRECT TO THE RIGHT.  IT WAS TOO LATE FOR THE KIND OF RUDDER PEDALS THAT ARE IN THE BACK, IT WAS LIKE HE HAD A LOT OF PRESSURE RUDDER OR IT WAS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT GO RIGHT.  I BENT THE RUDDER PEDAL ROD TRYING".  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE GROUND LOOP.  THE ENGINE SUFFERED A SUDDEN STOPPAGE AND RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ONE PROPELLER BLADE.

## 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 WPR09CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA095), Jan 21, 2009: Dickson Vans RV-8 (N396JD), El Monte, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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