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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hall Jeffrey HALL RV-4 · Calhan, CO · March 24, 2012

Date
March 24, 2012 · 13:51 local
Place
Calhan, CO
Airport
Aero Bear Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N605RV
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN12CA206
Reported as
Hall Jeffrey Hall RV-4
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
33,000 total30 in this make and model5 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.

Aircraft N605RV piloted by sole occupant privacy data omitted, completed a successful landing to the south at CD23 Aero Bear Field in Calhan co with a crosswind component, during rollout aircraft received a wind gust that induced a left drift, brakes were applied simultaneously to a wind gust from a tailwind direction. Airplane control was lost and aircraft overturned, tail wheel over nose and came to rest in an inverted position with pilot trapped upside down inside the canopy.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT N605RV PILOTED BY SOLE OCCUPANT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL LANDING TO THE SOUTH AT CD23 AERO BEAR FIELD IN CALHAN CO WITH A CROSSWIND COMPONENT, DURING ROLLOUT AIRCRAFT RECEIVED A WIND GUST THAT INDUCED A LEFT DRIFT, BRAKES WERE APPLIED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO A WIND GUST FROM A TAILWIND DIRECTION. AIRPLANE CONTROL WAS LOST AND AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED, TAIL WHEEL OVER NOSE AND CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION WITH PILOT TRAPPED UPSIDE DOWN INSIDE THE CANOPY.

NTSB investigation

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