20141024019439I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snider James F RV8 · Green River, UT · October 24, 2014

Date
October 24, 2014 · 10:30 local
Place
Green River, UT
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N59251
Reported as
Snider James F RV8
Reported engine
Superior XP-360
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,720 total791 in this make and model53 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot extended landing 1/3RD runway to avoid wet/damp runway surface. Less than expected braking action on rollout. Left landing gear collapsed as aircraft overran the end of the runway causing minor damage to the left wing leading edge skin/ribs and fuselage skin and stringers. All damage (according to the supplied photographs) is considered to be minor in nature.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXTENDED LANDING 1/3RD RUNWAY TO AVOID WET/DAMP RUNWAY SURFACE. LESS THAN EXPECTED BRAKING ACTION ON ROLLOUT. LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AS AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE END OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE SKIN/RIBS AND FUSELAGE SKIN AND STRINGERS. ALL DAMAGE (ACCORDING TO THE SUPPLIED PHOTOGRAPHS) IS CONSIDERED TO BE MINOR IN NATURE.