# Incident 20110617020939I: Nelson Joseph VANS RV6A, Greensboro, GA, June 17, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2011, 16:49 local time
- Place: Greensboro, GA
- Airport: Green County Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5627° N, 83.1897° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5627&lon=-83.1897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N776JN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N776JN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nelson Joseph VANS RV6A (registry code 05616FO, https://openairdocs.org/model/nelson-joseph-vans-rv6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NELSON JOSEPH VANS RV6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,341 total, 13 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110617020939I

## Narrative

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

-PER A CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT-THE PILOT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A SHIMMY IN THE NOSE GEAR AND WAS DELIBERATELY APPROACHING TO LAND AT AN AIRSPEED THAT WAS SLOWER THAN HE USUALLY USED.  IN THE FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO THE GROUND MORE ABRUPTLY THAN HE EXPECTED, IMPACTED HARD ON THE MAIN WHEELS AND THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE RUNWAY HARD. THE NOSE WHEEL, THEN, COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

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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