# Accident 20100816042079A: Clark Alan VANS RV6A, Nampa, ID, August 16, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2010, 11:00 local time
- Place: Nampa, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5814° N, 116.5231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5814&lon=-116.5231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621AL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CLARK ALAN VANS RV6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA407) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100816042079A

## Narrative

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

INTENTIONS OF THE PILOT REMAIN UNKNOWN AND FLIGHT MAY HAVE BEEN PLANNED. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE PILOT MADE TWO HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST ON THE RUNWAY. ON THE SECOND TEST, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORN AFTER SEVER NOSE WHEEK CHIMMY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SETTTLED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY AND BEGAIN TO PORPOSE, STRIKING THE PROPELLER. AFTER SEVERAL BOUNCES, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 600' BEFORE LEAVING THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPING OVER ONTO THE CANOPY, WHERE THE CANOPY FAILED WHICH RESULTED IN FATAL INJURY TO THE PILOT.

## 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 WPR10LA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA407), Aug 16, 2010: Clark RV-6A (N621AL), Nampa, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, which resulted in a collision with terrain during a rejected inadvertent takeoff.

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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