# Incident 20130829015579I: Durkee William D RV-6, Middleton, WI, August 29, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2013, 20:05 local time
- Place: Middleton, WI
- Airport: Morey Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1070° N, 89.5063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middleton, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1070&lon=-89.5063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91WD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91WD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Durkee William D RV-6 (registry code 05608LS, https://openairdocs.org/model/durkee-william-d-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D2J (registry code 41595, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d2j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DURKEE WILLIAM D RV-6
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,174 total, 70 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130829015579I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 29, 2013 AT 2005 CDST THE PILOT OF AN AMATEUR BUILT RV-6 AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE ON DOWN WIND TO RUNWAY 10 MOREY FIELD, MIDDLETON, WI.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT LANDED 500FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS TO DETERMINE IF MAINTENANCE HAD CORRECTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE PROBLEM.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF FLIGHT.  A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.

## Other reports on N91WD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20150430005499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150430005499A), Apr 30, 2015: Durkee William D RV-6 (N91WD), Tunica, MS, Substantial damage. The pilot reported that as he was attempting to take off on runway 35 at Tunica, Mississippi (kuta) on April 30, 2015 about 1650 local time in a RV-6 a large…

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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