# Incident 20160911020869I: Sheldrick John H RV-6, Twin Falls, ID, September 11, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2016, 11:54 local time
- Place: Twin Falls, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5641° N, 114.4609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Twin Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5641&lon=-114.4609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77GT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77GT-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sheldrick John H RV-6 (registry code 05625UT, https://openairdocs.org/model/sheldrick-john-h-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHELDRICK JOHN H RV-6
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,726 total, 38 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160911020869I

## Narrative

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

ATC REPORTED:

N77GT MADE A HARD LANDING AT JEROME COUNTY AIRPORT (JER) AND SUSPECTED HE DAMAGED THE TAILWHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE AND DIVERTED TO TWIN FALLS (TWF) FOR BETTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND SPUN (GROUND LOOPED) BECOMING DISABLED ON RUNWAY 26. WEATHER WAS VFR.

I SPOKE WITH THE PILOT AND HE DESCRIBED THE FIRST LANDING IN JEROME AS SKIPPING (BOUNCING) TWICE AND HE APPLIED POWER AND CONTROL STICK INPUT TO GO AROUND. PILOT SAID THAT HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR DURING THE GO AROUND AND THE TAILWHEEL MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. HE CONTINUED WITH THE GO AROUND PROCEDURE AND FELT THROUGH THE RUDDER PEDALS THAT CONDITIONS WERE NOT NORMAL. AT 1500 FEET AGL HE SELECTED THE NEAREST FUNCTION ON HIS NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND TWIN FALLS  (TWF) WAS DISPLAYED. HE CONTACTED TWF TOWER, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND FLEW TO TWF. THE TOWER OFFERED HIM ANOTHER RUNWAY, BUT HE ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26 DUE TO IT'S LENGTH. PILOT SAID HE TOUCHED DOWN SOFTLY ON THE MAIN WHEELS AND MAINTAINED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL UNTIL TAIL CAME REST ON TAIL WHEEL SPRING AND RUDDER EFFECTIVENESS WAS LOST AT SLOWER SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN PIVOTED (GROUND LOOPED) 270 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. ONCE EXITING THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TAILWHEEL WAS BROKEN AND LYING OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE. THIS COMBINED WITH THE WIND FROM THE LEFT AGGRAVATED THE LEFT TURNING TENDENCY WHEN RUDDER EFFECTIVENESS WAS LOST.

I ASKED THE PILOT WHAT HE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY TO PREVENT THIS INCIDENT TO WHICH HE REPLIED HE WAS UNSURE. I SUGGESTED LOOKING MORE CLOSELY FOR VISUAL CUES OF WINDSHEAR AND MONITORING ALL AVAILABLE WEATHER REPORTING SOURCES. ALSO SET LOWER BOUNDARIES FOR WIND / CROSSWIND COMPONENT UNTIL YOU ACQUIRE EXPERIENCE IN THE MAKE & MODEL OF AIRCRAFT FLOWN.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND HIS WIFE. I AM CLOSING THIS INCIDENT OUT WITH COUNSELING.

## Other reports on N77GT (1)

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

- [Accident 20130604010059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130604010059A), Jun 4, 2013: Sheldrick John H RV-6 (N77GT), Brookfield, WI, Substantial damage. On June 4, 2013, at 1325 CST an RV-6, N77GT, during intended approach to and landing on runway 9 at Capitol Airport (02C), in Brookfield, WI, landed in a marsh…

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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