# Accident 20160716006649A: Gonzalez Manuel A RV-7A, Langley, WA, July 16, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2016, 15:01 local time
- Place: Langley, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0122° N, 122.4369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0122&lon=-122.4369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N228MG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N228MG-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gonzalez Manuel A RV-7A (registry code 056193V, https://openairdocs.org/model/gonzalez-manuel-a-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GONZALEZ MANUEL A RV-7A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,994 total, 450 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA382) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160716006649A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED ON A PART 91 FLIGHT FROM ARLINGTON, WA (KAWO) TO LANGLEY, WA (W10). UPON ARRIVAL AT W10 HE FELT THE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND ELECTED TO MAKE A DOWNWIND APPROACH TO AVOID A STEEPER APRROACH THAT WOULD BE NECCESARY DUE TO THE HIGH TREES AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY.

HE KNEW THAT HE WAS HIGH ON THE FINAL APPROACH BUT ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE LANDING AND TOUCHED DOWN WELL DOWN THE RUNWAY AND COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT IN THE DISTANCE REMAINING.  THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND RAN INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 GAA16CA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA382), Jul 16, 2016: Gonzalez Manuel A RV 7 (N228MG), Langley, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land with a tailwind, which resulted in, landing long, a runway overrun, and impact with a berm and nose over.

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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