20110923021299A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Esselstyn Chuck RV-6 · Lyons, WI · September 23, 2011

Date
September 23, 2011 · 10:30 local
Place
Lyons, WI
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6YC
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN11CA665
Reported as
Esselstyn Chuck RV-6
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
918 total160 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On September 23, 2011 pilot planned on landing at private strip in Lyons Wisconsin, (WI92). The pilot noticed that the turf strip had an uphill slope and kept power in too long, planning to avoid an uphill taxi. The pilot did not know that there was a down hill slope near the end of the runway and braking action was not enough to stop the aircraft from running off the end of the runway and hitting a parked car.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 PILOT PLANNED ON LANDING AT PRIVATE STRIP IN LYONS WISCONSIN, (WI92). THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE TURF STRIP HAD AN UPHILL SLOPE AND KEPT POWER IN TOO LONG, PLANNING TO AVOID AN UPHILL TAXI. THE PILOT DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS A DOWN HILL SLOPE NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND BRAKING ACTION WAS NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND HITTING A PARKED CAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.