# Accident 20101017050199A: Borne Charl RV-4, Los Lunas, NM, October 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2010, 17:15 local time
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Airport: Mid Valley Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7597° N, 106.7453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7597&lon=-106.7453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N353CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Borne Charles A III RV-4 (registry code 056204U, https://openairdocs.org/model/borne-charles-a-iii-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BORNE CHARL RV-4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-E2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 80 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101017050199A

## Narrative

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

UPON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT APPROX 70 KTS, PILOT INDICATED A/C BOUNCED.  PILOT STABILIZED A/C IN GROUND EFFECT AND SET A/C DOWN ON CENTERLINE AGAIN.  TOUCH DOWN WAS NORMAL.AS AIRSPEED DECAYED BELOW 50 KTS, A/C TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN AT FASTER SPEED THAN NORMAL AS THERE WAS PAX IN REAR SEAT.WHEN TAILWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN A/C VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT AND DEPARTED RUNWAY.APPROX 15 TO 20 FT WEST OF RUNWAY IS A DITCH THAT PARALELLS THE FULL LENGHT OF THE RUNWAY.A/C CAME TO REST INVERTED WITH PILOTS HEAD ORIENTED SUCH THAT WATER LEVEL CAME WITHIN 1.5 IN OF DROWNING THE PILOT.  PASSENGER HEAD POSITION WAS HIGHER UP AND WAS NOT THREATENED IN A SIMILAR MANNER.

## 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 CEN11CA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA035), Oct 17, 2010: Borne Charles A III RV-4 (N353CB), Los Lunas, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing and loss of directional control.

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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