# Accident 20140309005509A: Kurtz Jay B RV9A, Live Oak, FL, March 9, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2014, 14:30 local time
- Place: Live Oak, FL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3500° N, 82.9997° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3500&lon=-82.9997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125TK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N125TK-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kurtz Jay B RV9A (registry code 05615RZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/kurtz-jay-b-rv9a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KURTZ JAY B RV9A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O320E30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 100 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140309005509A

## Narrative

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

PILOT APPROACHED LANDING AREA, TOUCHED DOWN WITH BRAKES APPLIED CREATING A NOSE HEAVY MOMENT THAT CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO DIG INTO SOFT TERRA FIRMA.  ULTIMATELY COLLAPING NOSE GEAR BACKWARDS AND ENDING UP AIRCRAFT TAIL OVER NOSE.  AIRCRAFT FINALLY COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN WITH AIRCRAFT FACING 180 OF ARRIVAL DIRECTION.

## 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 ERA14LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA152), Mar 9, 2014: Kurtz Jay B RV-9A (N125TK), Live Oak, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, a subsequent nose-down landing, and excessive bending loads to the nose landing gear.

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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