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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · James D Riggs RV-10 · Lawrenceburg, TN · July 30, 2017

Date
July 30, 2017 · 17:15 local
Place
Lawrenceburg, TN
Airport
Lawrenceburg-Lawrence County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N616JJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA467
Reported as
James D Riggs RV-10
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
589 total82 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The owner took the aircraft out for a local flight after completing the condition inspection. During landing on runway 35, the aircraft touched down hard, bounced and made a hard left turn contacting the ground on the left side of the taxi way and came to rest on the bank of the drainage ditch.

As the FAA filed it

THE OWNER TOOK THE AIRCRAFT OUT FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT AFTER COMPLETING THE CONDITION INSPECTION. DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 35, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD, BOUNCED AND MADE A HARD LEFT TURN CONTACTING THE GROUND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TAXI WAY AND CAME TO REST ON THE BANK OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.