# Accident 20190627008209A: Hester James Arthur RV-6, Monument Valley, UT, June 27, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2019, 11:15 local time
- Place: Monument Valley, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0167° N, 110.2006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0167&lon=-110.2006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N475AH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N475AH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hester James Arthur RV-6 (registry code 05608TP, https://openairdocs.org/model/hester-james-arthur-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HESTER JAMES ARTHUR RV-6
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 446 total, 216 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA374) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190627008209A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW TO MONUMENT VALLEY (UT25) FROM MORIARTY, NM (0E0). APPROACHED RUNWAY 16. PILOT HAD TO EXECUTE GO AROUND DUE TO TRUCK PARKED ON RUNWAY. APPROACHED RUNWAY 16 AGAIN SAME AS FIRST, TOUCHDOWN WAS HARD. PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER TO TRY GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND VEERED LEFT. LEFT WING TOUCHED THE GROUND CAUSING RIGHT WING AND LANDING GEAR TO HIT GROUND HARD. PROPELLER THEN HIT GROUND. RIGHT WING SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. PROPELLER AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR DAMAGED AS WELL.

## 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 GAA19CA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA374), Jun 27, 2019: Vans RV 6 (N475AH), Monument Valley, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during the aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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