# Incident 20170208001929I: Romano Charles RV-6, Mountain View, AR, February 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2017, 17:00 local time
- Place: Mountain View, AR
- Airport: Wilcox Memorial Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8616° N, 92.1097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain View, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8616&lon=-92.1097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37CR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37CR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Romano Charles RV-6 (registry code 05630FB, https://openairdocs.org/model/romano-charles-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROMANO CHARLES RV-6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 594 total, 157 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/20170208001929I

## Narrative

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

ON 2/08/2017 AT 1700 CDT, N37CR, A RV-6 EXPERIMENTAL OPERATING AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO SKYLINE AUTO SALES, LLC AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT ; PILOT WAS LANDING RWY27@ 72M (MOUNTAIN VIEW, AR) ENCOUNTERED STRONG WIND GUST AND AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD BREAKING LEFT MAIN GEAR AND STRIKING PROP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF LEFT WING OF AIRCRAFT AND PROPELLER. THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER DAY VFR CONDITIONS, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS INITIATED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 42A (MELBOURNE, AR). THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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