# Accident 20140420005569A: Evolution Aircraft Inc REVO, Concord, NH, April 20, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2014, 12:07 local time
- Place: Concord, NH
- Airport: Concord Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2014° N, 71.5014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2014&lon=-71.5014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2264X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2264X-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evolution REVO (registry code 060009B, https://openairdocs.org/model/evolution-revo) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EVOLUTION AIRCRAFT INC REVO
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 97 total, 71 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140420005569A

## Narrative

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

ON SUNDAY, APRIL 20TH AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRMAN DEPARTED CONCORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CON) IN CONCORD, NH WITH THE INTENT TO REMAIN IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING PRACTICE.  HE STATED THAT HE CONDUCTED TAKE-OFF AND LANDING OPERATIONS UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1100 LOCAL WHEN HE LANDED TO TROUBLESHOOT AN ISSUE WITH RADIO VOLUME.  THE AIRMAN DEPARTED AGAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 TO CONTINUE LANDING PRACTICE.

ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE LANDING RUNWAY, THE AIRMAN WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  IT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY TO THE WEST OF THE MARKED SURFACE AND CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE FACING UP.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:

-THE LIFTING CANOPY OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGHLY DEFORMED ALONG THE ENTIRE SURFACE

-THE FOOT CONTROLS WERE DEFORMED AND THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE HAND FLIGHT CONTROLS AND FRONT OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT

-THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED AND THE MAIN GEAR WERE DEFORMED

-ONE BLADE OF THE COMPOSITE PROPELLER DETACHED FROM THE HUB AND EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.  THE OTHER WAS CRACKED BUT REMAINED ATTACHED

TESTING THE CONTINUITY OF FLIGHT CONTROLS WAS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO DAMAGE SUSTAINED.

## 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 ERA14CA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA203), Apr 20, 2014: Evolution Revo (N2264X), Concord, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain control during a go around, which resulted in a collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N2264X (1)

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

- [Accident 20150905021379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150905021379A), Sep 5, 2015: Evolution Aircraft Inc REVO (N2264X), Laconia, NH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft was reported by multiple witnesses to have been circling in the weirs Beech, NH. Area. The aircraft circled twice and each time appeared to be…

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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