# Incident 20100821049899I: Henderson W RV-6A, Columbiana, AL, August 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2010, 10:55 local time
- Place: Columbiana, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1917° N, 86.6155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbiana, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1917&lon=-86.6155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216LA-2018-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Henderson W A/Johnson W L RV-6A (registry code 05617MJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/henderson-w-a-johnson-w-l-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HENDERSON W RV-6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 35 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100821049899I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS A LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP.  THE RUNWAY WAS MOWED ABOUT THREE QUARTERS TO TWO THIRDS.  THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM THE MOWED SECTION.  UPON RETURN THE PILOT LANDED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  THE GRASS AT THIS END WAS EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY FOUR INCHES TALL.  THE PILOT FLAIRED HIGHER THAN NORMAL AS A RESULT OF THE TALL GRASS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STALL ABOVE THE RUNWAY CAUSING A HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N216LA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20150902015089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150902015089A), Sep 2, 2015: Henderson W A/Johnson W L RV-6A (N216LA), Bon Aqua, TN, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Pilot departed shelbyville, TN (syi) to his home airport, shelby county, al (eet). Weather was not a factor. Pilot had flight following procedures in place and…

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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