# Accident 20170417008469A: Cheung David S VANS RV6A, Indianola, IA, April 17, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2017, 10:50 local time
- Place: Indianola, IA
- Airport: Nash Field Indianola
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3014° N, 93.5675° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3014&lon=-93.5675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N822DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N822DC-2019-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cheung David S VANS RV6A (registry code 056141G, https://openairdocs.org/model/cheung-david-s-vans-rv6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHEUNG DAVID S VANS RV6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 504 total, 374 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170417008469A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN MID FIELD RUNWAY 36. EXCESSIVE APPROACH SPEED AND HARD LANDING CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE AND BECOME AIRBORNE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME WITH INSUFFICIENT REMAINING RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A ROADWAY DITCH AT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 36.

## 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 GAA17CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA238), Apr 17, 2017: Cheung David S Vans RV6 (N822DC), Indianola, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate approach path, which resulted in a long landing and subsequent runway overrun.

## Other reports on N822DC (1)

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

- [Incident 20160708011889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160708011889I), Jul 8, 2016: Cheung David S VANS RV6A (N822DC), Santa Fe, NM, Minor damage. On July 8, 2016, at 1340 MDT, a RV-6A, N822DC, registered to [privacy data omitted] struck a taxi light with the propeller at the Santa Fe, NM airport while…

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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