# Accident 20170728012699A: Homebuilt RV4, Wapingers Falls, NY, July 28, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2017, 12:00 local time
- Place: Wapingers Falls, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6275° N, 73.8842° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6275&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9214, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9214-2018-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thomas J Hankamp VANS RV4 (registry code 05634FV, https://openairdocs.org/model/thomas-j-hankamp-vans-rv4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOMEBUILT RV4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 8 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA480](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA480) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170728012699A

## Narrative

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

AIRPORT: KPOU. RUNWAY 06, TOWER CLEARED AIRCRAFT N9214 FOR TAKEOFF. ON TAKEOFF ROLL AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, PILOT STATED HE OVERCORRECTED AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT.  AIRCRAFT GROUNDLOOPED, WHILE VEERING RIGHT OF RUNWAY 06, THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 06. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ONE TAXI LIGHT AND ONE RUNWAY LIGHT IN THE PROCCESS OF VEERING OFF THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 06.

AIRCRAFT DAMAGE: COMPOSITE PROPELLER CRACKED, LOWER PORTION OF COMPOSITE ENGINE COWLING CRUSHED/CRACKED, ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE BENT, FIREWALL BENT.

## 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 GAA17CA480](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA480), Jul 28, 2017: Thomas J Hankamp VAN'S Aircraft RV4 (N9214), Poughkeepsie, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

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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