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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Boring Robert Burton RV6A · Las Cruces, NM · September 1, 2014

Date: September 1, 2014 · 07:52 local
Place: Las Cruces, NM
Airport: Las Cruces International Airpo
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N613LE
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN14LA471
Reported as: Boring Robert Burton RV6A
Reported engine: Lycoming O-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 2
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 755 total10 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N613LERegistration cancelled Mar 6, 2018 · Boring Robert Burton RV6AS/N 23993 Airframe modelBoring Robert Burton RV6A Engine modelLycoming O-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On September 1, 2014 at approximately 0700 MDT, N613LE (Boring Robert Burton RV6A) departed Las Cruces international airport (klru), Las Cruces, NM on an pre-buy demonstration local VFR flight with multiple landings at klru. At 7:52 MDT, on the base to final turn to runway eight, the aircraft entered an inadvertent stall spin condition at 250 AGL and impacted the ground 1/8TH mile prior to the approach end of runway eight. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the owner who is a private pilot who was in the right seat was seriously injured and the other private pilot who was the prospective buyer was in the left seat and received minor injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 0700 MDT, N613LE (BORING ROBERT BURTON RV6A) DEPARTED LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLRU), LAS CRUCES, NM ON AN PRE-BUY DEMONSTRATION LOCAL VFR FLIGHT WITH MULTIPLE LANDINGS AT KLRU. AT 7:52 MDT, ON THE BASE TO FINAL TURN TO RUNWAY EIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN INADVERTENT STALL SPIN CONDITION AT 250 AGL AND IMPACTED THE GROUND 1/8TH MILE PRIOR TO THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY EIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE OWNER WHO IS A PRIVATE PILOT WHO WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND THE OTHER PRIVATE PILOT WHO WAS THE PROSPECTIVE BUYER WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT AND RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CEN14LA471Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLas Cruces, NMThe pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and experiencing a stall/spin.Sep 1, 2014 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N613LE · 2

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

Accident 20090731015019ALanding · Deming, NM(-23) On July 31, 2009, at 1045MDT, a vans RV6-A, N613LE, registered to the owner, was unable to reach the runway after initiating a "go around" due to glider activity on the runway at Deming, NM airport while on a part 91 flight. A NOTAM #7/017 was filed at…Jul 31, 2009 · Substantial damage Incident 20020622022849ILevel Off Touchdown · Portland, OR(-23) The pilot reported that he had bounced on landing and held back pressure to ease the touch down. The aircraft stalled about a foot above the runway and thumped down on the nose gear hard enough to pop the nose tire and bend the nose landing gear…Jun 22, 2002 · Minor damage