# Accident 20161231024849A: Vans Aircraft RV7A, Casa Grande, AZ, December 31, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2016, 16:30 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9564° N, 111.7639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9564&lon=-111.7639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5897R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5897R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Larson Roger H RV-7A (registry code 05634J6, https://openairdocs.org/model/larson-roger-h-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VANS AIRCRAFT RV7A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,013 total, 55 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161231024849A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 31, 2016, A VANS RV7A, N5897R,  WAS DAMAGED DURING LANDING AND DEPARTED THE SIDE OF RUNWAY 05 AT CASA GRANDE AZ. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE UPPER NOSE GEAR MOUNT WAS PUSHED AFT THROUGH THE FIRE WALL.  THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS DAMAGED BY CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS.

## 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 GAA17CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA108), Jan 1, 2017: Larson Roger H RV-7 (N5897R), Casa Grande, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent application of the autopilot during short final, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and hard landing.

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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