What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On may 20, 2010, at 1605 pacific daylight time, an experimental Wildman RV6-A, N578RJ, collided with three parked airplanes while landing at the Columbia Airport (O22), Columbia, California. The pilot operated the airplane under the provisions of title 14 code of federal regulations part 91 as a personal flight. The private pilot seated in the left seat received serious injuries, and the commercial pilot/owner seated in the right seat was not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed from gustine airport (3O1), gustine, California, and was destined for the Columbia Airport. No flight plan had been filed. According to the pilot in the right seat, his wife was flying and in the left seat. They received AWOS prior to landing; wind was 90 degrees to the runway at 18 knots gusting to 25 knots. He stated that she had been compensating for the crosswind; however, the airplane landed hard, bounced, veered to the left, and impacted the parked airplanes. He thought that something broke on the airplane as a result of the hard landing because she was trying to turn the airplane to the right back to the runway, but the airplane continued pulling to the left in the southeast direction. The nose of the RV6-A came to rest under N6310N (citabria), which then impacted N738GW (Cessna 172), and N3516F (Cessna 182). There were no ground injuries.
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 20, 2010, AT 1605 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL WILDMAN RV6-A, N578RJ, COLLIDED WITH THREE PARKED AIRPLANES WHILE LANDING AT THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT (O22), COLUMBIA, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT OPERATED THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PRIVATE PILOT SEATED IN THE LEFT SEAT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT/OWNER SEATED IN THE RIGHT SEAT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED FROM GUSTINE AIRPORT (3O1), GUSTINE, CALIFORNIA, AND WAS DESTINED FOR THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT IN THE RIGHT SEAT, HIS WIFE WAS FLYING AND IN THE LEFT SEAT. THEY RECEIVED AWOS PRIOR TO LANDING; WIND WAS 90 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY AT 18 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS. HE STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN COMPENSATING FOR THE CROSSWIND; HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD, BOUNCED, VEERED TO THE LEFT, AND IMPACTED THE PARKED AIRPLANES. HE THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING BROKE ON THE AIRPLANE AS A RESULT OF THE HARD LANDING BECAUSE SHE WAS TRYING TO TURN THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT BACK TO THE RUNWAY, BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED PULLING TO THE LEFT IN THE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION. THE NOSE OF THE RV6-A CAME TO REST UNDER N6310N (CITABRIA), WHICH THEN IMPACTED N738GW (CESSNA 172), AND N3516F (CESSNA 182). THERE WERE NO GROUND INJURIES.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.