# Incident 20150816013499I: Rieder Kenneth J RV8 VANS AIRCRAFT, West Milford, NJ, August 16, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2015, 12:40 local time
- Place: West Milford, NJ
- Airport: Greenwood Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1284° N, 74.3465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENWOOD LAKE (4N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1284&lon=-74.3465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N553KM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N553KM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rieder Kenneth J RV8 VANS AIRCRAFT (registry code 05617O5, https://openairdocs.org/model/rieder-kenneth-j-rv8-vans-aircraft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RIEDER KENNETH J RV8 VANS AIRCRAFT
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150816013499I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/16/2015, A RV-8, N553KM, WAS LANDING RUNWAY24 AT THE GREENWOOD LAKE AIRPORT, FOLLOWING AN AIRSHOW PERFORMANCE.  UPON ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON ITS NOSE.  ASI'S WERE ON SCENE FOR THE AIRSHOW AND WITNESSED THE INCIDENT.

^MR. KEN RIEDER^ WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE PILOT IN COMMAND BY THE INSPECTOR IN CHARGE (IIC). HE STATED THAT, UPON LANDING, HE TRIED TO MAKE A TURNOFF AND APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING.  THE TAIL STARTED TO RISE CAUSING ^MR. RIEDER^ TO PANIC AND APPLY GREATER PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES.  HE STATED THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS SOLELY PILOT ERROR.

DAMAGE ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, BOTH WHEEL FAIRINGS, AND ENGINE COWL.

## Other reports on N553KM (1)

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

- [Accident 20200612010029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200612010029A), Jun 12, 2020: Rieder Kenneth J RV8 VANS AIRCRAFT (N553KM), Hampton, GA, Destroyed. On June 12, 2020, at approximately 1945 a pilot operating a vans RV8 aircraft departed runway 6 at Henry County Airport (hmp), located in Hampton, Georgia for…

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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