# Accident 20150114000949A: Shannon William RV6A, Pikeville, KY, January 14, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2015, 16:45 local time
- Place: Pikeville, KY
- Airport: Pikeville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5619° N, 82.5664° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5619&lon=-82.5664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32SN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32SN-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shannon William RV6A (registry code 05611YH, https://openairdocs.org/model/shannon-william-rv6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHANNON WILLIAM RV6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 10 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150114000949A

## Narrative

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

ON 01-14-15, AN RV6 EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, N32SN, DEPARTED FRANKLIN COUNTY AIRPORT, VERMONT (KFSO) FOR AN ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF PHOENIX, AZ (DEER VALLEY KDVT). THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FLEW TO MILLBROOK, NY(44N) FOR FUEL AND THEN AFTER DEPARTING MILLBROOK, NY AND FLYING FOR SOMETIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAW THAT HIS FUEL STATE WAS GETTING LOW AND NOT WHAT HE HAD PLANNED. APPROXIMATELY 20 NM NORTH OF PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY (KPBX) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTACTED INDIANAPOLIS CENTER AND ASKED FOR AN IFR CLEARANCE AND TO FLY THE ILS TO RUNWAY 27 AT KPBX. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ENCOUNTERED IFR CONDITIONS AT THE FIELD AND PICKED UP RIME ICING ON THE WINGS WHILE ON THE APPROACH. APPROXIMATELY 10-20 FT. ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND THE NOSE DROPPED TO THE GROUND. UPON IMPACT, THE NOSE GEAR WAS CRUSHED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY INTO MUDDY GRASS WHICH THEN FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT UPSIDE DOWN TRAPPING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSIDE THE COCKPIT UNTIL HE COULD BE EXTRICATED BY EMS PERSONNEL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED MINOR CUTS AND ABRAISIONS.

## 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 ERA15CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA100), Jan 14, 2015: Shannon William RV6A (N32SN), Pikeville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing, and his…

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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