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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Roberts Bruce W VANS AIRCRAFT RV-9A · Land O' Lakes, WI · July 19, 2015

Date
July 19, 2015 · 12:30 local
Place
Land O' Lakes, WI
Airport
Kings Land O' Lakes Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N142DD
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN15LA351
Reported as
Roberts Bruce W Vans Aircraft RV-9A
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
152 total23 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 reported that he made a normal approach to landing. He stated that there were no issues with the weather or the aircraft.

The airplane upon landing bounced twice and after second bounce the nose gear collapsed immediately. The airport surveillance camers showed no usual landing sequence but rather failure of the nose landing gear. After the collapse of the nosegear the aircraft slid for short distance with the propeller digging into the soil at which point the airplane flipped over on its back causing substantial damage..

Damage reoprt from inspector is attached.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING. HE STATED THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE WEATHER OR THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRPLANE UPON LANDING BOUNCED TWICE AND AFTER SECOND BOUNCE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED IMMEDIATELY. THE AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE CAMERS SHOWED NO USUAL LANDING SEQUENCE BUT RATHER FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSEGEAR THE AIRCRAFT SLID FOR SHORT DISTANCE WITH THE PROPELLER DIGGING INTO THE SOIL AT WHICH POINT THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE..

DAMAGE REOPRT FROM INSPECTOR IS ATTACHED.

NTSB investigation

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