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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Thomas James Robert VANS RV-4 · Winterhaven, FL · April 4, 2019

Date
April 4, 2019 · 19:34 local
Place
Winterhaven, FL
Airport
Winter Haven Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N228RT
Reported as
Thomas James Robert Vans RV-4
Reported engine
Lycoming 320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,719 total2 in this make and model2 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.

During landing aircraft bounced a few times and when it settled the aircraft left the runway and went into the grass where the rt main gear strut cover struck a wooden stake. The cover had a small dent in it. The wooden propeller also struck one of the stakes damaging the propeller beyond repair.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A FEW TIMES AND WHEN IT SETTLED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO THE GRASS WHERE THE RT MAIN GEAR STRUT COVER STRUCK A WOODEN STAKE. THE COVER HAD A SMALL DENT IN IT.THE WOODEN PROPELLER ALSO STRUCK ONE OF THE STAKES DAMAGING THE PROPELLER BEYOND REPAIR.