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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hundley Michael J VANS RV8 · Roopville, GA · November 22, 2016

Date
November 22, 2016 · 17:25 local
Place
Roopville, GA
Airport
Gum Creek Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N880KM
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA085
Reported as
Hundley Michael J Vans RV8
Reported engine
Lycoming V0-360-A1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
13,300 total

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.

Upon touchdown the aircraft nosed left. Pilot over corrected but due to the dry sandy runway, main gear braking and tail wheel steering were not effective. Aircraft went into a "ground loop" to the right resulting into a collision with two trees.

As the FAA filed it

UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED LEFT. PILOT OVER CORRECTED BUT DUE TO THE DRY SANDY RUNWAY, MAIN GEAR BRAKING AND TAIL WHEEL STEERING WERE NOT EFFECTIVE. AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A "GROUND LOOP" TO THE RIGHT RESULTING INTO A COLLISION WITH TWO TREES.

NTSB investigation

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