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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Thornton J VANS RV-4 · Dora, MO · May 25, 2010

Date
May 25, 2010 · 09:30 local
Place
Dora, MO
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8081H
Reported as
Thornton J Vans RV-4
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
175 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During a high speed taxi test on a Private grass strip on the owner's property, the pilot taxiied through rough terrain. This caused the aircraft to nose over, breaking a composite propeller blade.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST ON A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP ON THE OWNER'S PROPERTY, THE PILOT TAXIIED THROUGH ROUGH TERRAIN. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER, BREAKING A COMPOSITE PROPELLER BLADE.