# Incident 20170217001039I: Grumman OV-1/RV-1, Jacksonville, FL, February 17, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2017, 21:20 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Jacksonville Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3363° N, 81.5144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE EXEC AT CRAIG (CRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3363&lon=-81.5144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10VD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10VD-2022-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman OV-1/RV-1 (registry code 3951003, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-ov-1-rv-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming T-53 series (registry code 41587, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t-53-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN OV-1/RV-1
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170217001039I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 17, 2017, AT OR ABOUT 21:00 LOCAL TIME THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N10VD, A GRUMMAN OV-1 EXPERIMENTAL EXHIBITION AIRCRAFT, EXPERIENCED AND REPORTED TO THE JACKSONVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (CRG), ATCT PRIOR TO LANDING THAT HE HAD A FAULTY LANDING GEAR INDICATION.

THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURE FOR A GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION AND WAS ABLE TO EFFECT A GEAR SAFE INDICATION.  THE PILOT THEN FLEW BY THE ATCT SEVERAL TIMES TO OBTAIN A VISUAL CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR.  THE ATCT INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.

AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 WITH THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR BEGAN RETRACTING AND THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ONTO THE EMPENNAGE ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

THE PILOT WAS CURRENT AND QUALIFIED TO FLY THE OV-1 AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  AN AIRMAN SEARCH INDICATES THAT THE PILOT HAS NO RECORD OF ACCIDENTS, INCIDENTS, OR ENFORCEMENTS.

THE REPORTED WEATHER WAS; KCRG 180153Z 16003KT 10SM CLR 13/08 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01330078 AND IS NOT CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N10VD (1)

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

- [Accident 20191101020589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191101020589A), Nov 1, 2019: Grumman OV-1/RV-1 (N10VD), Stuart, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On November 1, 2019, about 1310 eastern daylight time, a Grumman OV-1D, N10VD, registered to MD aviation limited, was performing a demonstration flight at the…

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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