20130501007299A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Alexander Duane A RV-8 · Cortland, OH · May 1, 2013

Date
May 1, 2013 · 11:30 local
Place
Cortland, OH
Airport
Urban
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N81610
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13CA251
Reported as
Alexander Duane A RV-8
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total100 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

privacy data omitted Was traveling from leesburg Virginia to Urban Ohio in an rv 8. The Urban Airport, (8OH5) is a private airport with grass runways.

Prior to landing, privacy data omitted was communicating with youngstown approach. privacy data omitted Entered the traffic pattern at the Urban Airport setting up for a landing to the south.

The aircraft touched down and during deceleration, the aircraft began to sink in a soft part of the runway subsequently flipping tail over nose, coming to rest upside down on the aircraft canopy.

privacy data omitted Had to be removed from the aircraft by emergency responders.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TRAVELING FROM LEESBURG VIRGINIA TO URBAN OHIO IN AN RV 8. THE URBAN AIRPORT, (8OH5) IS A PRIVATE AIRPORT WITH GRASS RUNWAYS.

PRIOR TO LANDING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COMMUNICATING WITH YOUNGSTOWN APPROACH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT THE URBAN AIRPORT SETTING UP FOR A LANDING TO THE SOUTH.

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND DURING DECELERATION, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK IN A SOFT PART OF THE RUNWAY SUBSEQUENTLY FLIPPING TAIL OVER NOSE, COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN ON THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT BY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.

NTSB investigation

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