# Accident 20140901015379A: Boring Robert Burton RV6A, Las Cruces, NM, September 1, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2014, 07:52 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International Airpo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2894° N, 106.9219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2894&lon=-106.9219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N613LE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N613LE-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boring Robert Burton RV6A (registry code 05610NG, https://openairdocs.org/model/boring-robert-burton-rv6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BORING ROBERT BURTON RV6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 755 total, 10 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA471](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA471) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140901015379A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN14LA471](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA471), Sep 1, 2014: Boring Robert Burton RV6A (N613LE), Las Cruces, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and experiencing a stall/spin.

## Other reports on N613LE (2)

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

- [Accident 20090731015019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090731015019A), Jul 31, 2009: Amtr RV6A (N613LE), Deming, NM, Substantial damage. (-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…
- [Incident 20020622022849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020622022849I), Jun 22, 2002: Amtr RV6A (N613LE), Portland, OR, Minor damage. (-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…

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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