# Accident 20180728018229A: Mckeage Christopher RV-6, Pickens, SC, July 28, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2018, 11:30 local time
- Place: Pickens, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8100° N, 82.7028° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8100&lon=-82.7028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24CM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCKEAGE CHRISTOPHER RV-6
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 752 total, 48 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA451](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA451) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180728018229A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ASHVILLE, NC AND ENDED AT PICKENS, SC. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE A COUPLE OF LANDINGS AND ON THE LAST, DURING THE FLARE OUT THAT THE AIRCRAFT FELT AS IF IT HAD HIT SOMETHING. HE STATED THAT IT BOUNCED TO THE RIGHT AND THEN THE LEFT WING CAME DOWN AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.

## 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 GAA18CA451](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA451), Jul 28, 2018: Vans RV 6 (N24CM), Pickens, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

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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