# Incident 20190404002489I: Thomas James Robert VANS RV-4, Winterhaven, FL, April 4, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2019, 19:34 local time
- Place: Winterhaven, FL
- Airport: Winter Haven Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0629° N, 81.7533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINTER HAVEN RGNL (GIF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0629&lon=-81.7533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N228RT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N228RT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thomas James Robert VANS RV-4 (registry code 05608FH, https://openairdocs.org/model/thomas-james-robert-vans-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THOMAS JAMES ROBERT VANS RV-4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,719 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190404002489I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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