# Accident 20090826051069A: Dekkinga Ja VANS RV7A, Jenison, MI, August 26, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2009, 20:20 local time
- Place: Jenison, MI
- Airport: Riverview
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9358° N, 85.8050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9358&lon=-85.8050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N811AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dekkinga Jack A VANS RV7A (registry code 05624LO, https://openairdocs.org/model/dekkinga-jack-a-vans-rv7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEKKINGA JA VANS RV7A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,251 total, 117 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA545](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA545) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090826051069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING AN ENGINE OUT LANDING ON RUNWAY NO. 32 AT RIVERVIEW AIRPORT IN JENISON, MI.  ON DOWNWIND HE REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE AND BEGAN A DESCENT TO LANDING.  AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED FINAL AND APPROACHED THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS SLIGHTLY LOW ON ALTITUDE AND HAD A  SLIGHTLY SLOWER AIRSPEED THAN DESIRED.  IN RESPONCE, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ADDED POWER TO INCREASE AIRSPEED AND EXTEND THE GLIDE DISTANCE BUT THAT THE AMOUNT OF POWER ADDED WAS INSUFFICIENT AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ENTER A STALL AT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND EXPERIENCED A SUDEN LOSS OF ALTITUDE, WITH THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING TIP STRIKING THE GROUND, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT NOSING OVER AND COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN ON THE GRASS ALONGSIDE OF RUNWAY 32.THE ONLY WITNESS TO THE APPROACH AND ACCIDENT WAS THE PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW STATED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REDUCED POWER TO PRACTICE AN ENGINE OUT APPROACH AND LANDING AND THAT DURING THE FINAL APPROACH SEGMENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADDED POWER TO ARREST THE DESCENT AND AFTER LEVELING OFF THE AIRCRAFT SHOOK AND THE LEFT WING TIP DROPPED AND CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON IT'S TOP SIDE AFTER THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND.  THIS ACCOUNT OF THE ACCIDENT IS THE SAME AS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GAVE ON 8-27-09 WHEN INTERVIEWED BY THE IIC INSPECTOR ELLIOTT.THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECIEVED MINOR INJURIES AND WERE ABLE TO EXTRICATE THEMSELVES FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE.

## 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 CEN09CA545](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA545), Aug 27, 2009: Dekkinga Vans RV-7A (N811AK), Jenison, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the 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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