# Accident 20100520005779A: Wildman Ric RV6-A, Columbia, CA, May 20, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2010, 16:05 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0303° N, 120.4144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0303&lon=-120.4144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N578RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N578RJ-2018-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wildman Richard RV6-A (registry code 05627AK, https://openairdocs.org/model/wildman-richard-rv6-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WILDMAN RIC RV6-A
- Reported engine: LY-CON EXPERIMENTAL IO-360-EXP
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 348 total, 126 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA250) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100520005779A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR10LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA250), May 20, 2010: Wildman RV6-A (N578RJ), Columbia, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate compensation for the gusting crosswind and improper landing flare.

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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