# Accident 20180724021399A: Schmidt Steve RV7A, Princeton, MN, July 24, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2018, 17:10 local time
- Place: Princeton, MN
- Airport: Princeton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5597° N, 93.6083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5597&lon=-93.6083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20342, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20342-2019-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schmidt Steve RV7A (registry code 056141D, https://openairdocs.org/model/schmidt-steve-rv7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHMIDT STEVE RV7A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,578 total, 840 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180724021399A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH FLAT/LOW NOSE TIRE.  FLIPPED OVER IN SOFT SAND & GRASS ALONGSIDE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE NUMBERS BUT CONTINUED FOR 1500 FEET GRADUALLY DRIFTING OFF THE RUNWAY.   AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE HAD A BIT OF POWER IN TO TAKE IT THAT FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY - AND AIRPORT HAD A PREVIOUS TIRE DIVOT  ALONGSIDE THE PAVEMENT AND THE GRASS THAT WAS CAUGHT BY THE NOSE TIRE - AS THE NOSE TIRE WAS TRAVELLING PARALLEL ALONGSIDE THE RUNWAY FOR ABOUT 400 FEET.  THE PILOT COULD HAVE BRAKED TO SLOW DOWN - AND THE AIRPORT COULD HAVE COVERED THE DIRT DEPRESSION ALONGSIDE THE RUNWAY.   TWO ASI INSPECTORS WERE QUESTIONING THE DECISION TO TRAVEL SO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH 1/2 OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE GRASS.   IT WAS NOT ILLEGAL - BUT POSSIBLY NOT TRULY LOGICAL.

## 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 CEN18LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA295), Jul 24, 2018: Vans RV7A (N20342), Princeton, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: A flat nosewheel tire, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control on landing.

## Other reports on N20342 (1)

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

- [Accident 20060426007049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060426007049A), Apr 26, 2006: Amtr RV7A (N20342), Northport, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] of N20342 made a hard landing at his private airport near Northport, WA. According to the pilot the winds were…

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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