# Accident 20110903023699A: Durling James RV-6A, Pembroke Pines, FL, September 3, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2011, 08:45 local time
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Airport: North Perry
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0069° N, 80.2439° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0069&lon=-80.2439&mi=10
- Aircraft: N241BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N241BD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Durling James RV-6A (registry code 05611IH, https://openairdocs.org/model/durling-james-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DURLING JAMES RV-6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 1,398 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA483](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA483) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110903023699A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF RWY 36L, ROTATED AT 60 KTS,  50 FT OFF RUNWAY AT 70 KTS ENGINE ABRUPTLY LOST ABOUT 50 PERCENT POWER.  PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF, LANDED 200 FT FROM RUNWAY END, SLID OFF RUNWAY THROUGH GRASS AND COLLIDED WITH CHAIN LINK FENCE.  NO INJURY TO PILOT, ONE PAX, REGISTERED OWNER OF A/C SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON WING AND FUSELAGE AREA.  NTSB IINVOLVED.  ON REPLAYING EFIS RPMS APPEARED TO DROP SHARPLY; HOWEVER, EVERYTHING ELSE APPEARED NORMAL; ENGINE ACTED NORMAL.  PROPELLER GOVERNOR WAS REMOVED, TESTED AND TORN DOWN AT FAA REPAIR STATION.  GOVERNOR SHOWED RPM RISING  ABNORMALLY SLOW, WOULD NOT ACCELERATE.  PILOT VALVE HAD TO BE FORCED OUT OF DRIVE GEAR DUE TO SCORING ON PILOT VALVE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY METAL INGESTION.  AIRCRAFT OIL FILTER WAS CHECKED AND FILTERED THROUGH CLOTH WHICH APPEARED CLEAN.  GOVERNOR HAS BEEN SENT TO NTSB PER THEIR REQUEST FOR FURTHER TESTING.  AWAITING NTSB RESULTS.

## 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 ERA11LA483](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA483), Sep 3, 2011: Durling James RV-6A (N241BD), Hollywood, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Particulate ingestion from the engine, which resulted in the malfunction of the propeller governor during the airplane’s initial climb.

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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