# Accident 20190426003459A: Crum Don W RV-6, Agra, OK, April 26, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2019, 19:45 local time
- Place: Agra, OK
- Airport: Grassstrip Airort
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8150° N, 96.8739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8150&lon=-96.8739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N621L-2020-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Crum Don W RV-6 (registry code 056040O, https://openairdocs.org/model/crum-don-w-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CRUM DON W RV-6
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,670 total, 112 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190426003459A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS OPERATING A PART 91 VFR FLIGHT RETURNING TO HIS PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY. THE RUNWAY IS LISTED AS 04-22, 2000 X 30, GRASS, FAIR CONDITION. THE PILOT STATED DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE PILOT STATED UNEVEN BRAKING ACTION AS THE WEIGHT TRANSFERRED FROM THE AIRFOIL TO THE LANDING CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AFTER IT HAD BEEN RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO ITS HANGER.  THE PROPELLER, WING TIPS, VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER AND BOTH ELEVATORS WERE DAMAGED.  THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS CRUSHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES.

## 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 GAA19CA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA237), Apr 27, 2019: Vans RV 6 (N621L), Chandler, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's overapplication of the brakes during landing on a grass runway, which resulted in a nose-over.

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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