# Incident 20150128000999I: Reynolds Augustus Thomas VANS RV6A, Spartanburg, SC, January 28, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2015, 01:11 local time
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9456° N, 81.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spartanburg, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9456&lon=-81.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39GR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39GR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Reynolds Augustus Thomas VANS RV6A (registry code 05620E0, https://openairdocs.org/model/reynolds-augustus-thomas-vans-rv6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REYNOLDS AUGUSTUS THOMAS VANS RV6A
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150128000999I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 28, 2015, THE RV-6A EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT SPARTANBURG, SC AT APPROXIMATELY 1311 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND COULD NOT BE MOVED TO THE RAMP AREA UNDER ITS OWN POWER.

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING FLARE OUT THAT HE SAW A DUST DEVIL AND THAT IT LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT UP AND THEN DROPPED AS THE DUST DEVIL DISAPPEARED.

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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