# Incident 20190721012249I: David B Garris RV-9A, Cincinnati, OH, July 21, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2019, 10:05 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1030° N, 84.4176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CINCINNATI MUNI/LUNKEN FLD (LUK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1030&lon=-84.4176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53XT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53XT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: David B Garris RV-9A (registry code 056338X, https://openairdocs.org/model/david-b-garris-rv-9a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320-D1A (registry code 42394, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-d1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DAVID B GARRIS RV-9A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320-D1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 435 total, 180 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190721012249I

## Narrative

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

ON SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1005 EDT, A VANS RV-9A AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION N-NUMBER N53XT, AN AMATEUR BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHEN THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE TAKEOFF PHASE AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO IMPACT THE NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER, STRIKING RUNWAY 21R AT THE CINCINNATI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT - LUNKEN FIELD (LUK) IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF AND CLIMB WITH THE SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER. THE PILOT CIRCLED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 21R. DUE TO THE DAMAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF, THE NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR COLLAPASED DURING LANDING AND CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE RUNWAY 21R NUMEROUS (18) MORE TIMES AS THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 21R.

THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD FLOWN THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT FROM THE JOHNSON COUNTY AIRPORT (6A4) IN MOUNTAIN CITY, TENNESSEE TO THE LUK AIRPORT THE DAY PRIOR WITHOUT INCIDENT.  ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT, THE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 21R AND THE PILOT BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF ROLL AT APPROXIMATELY 1005 EDT. THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND FLEW AT AN APPROXIMATE HIEGHT OF 30 FEET LEVEL ABOVE THE RUNWAY FOR AN APPROXIMATE 2,000 FEET OF FORWARD MOVEMENT BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY LOWERED ITS PITCH ATTITUDE, STRIKING THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER IMPACTED RUNWAY 21R. ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE WAS CONDUCTING A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF TECHNIQUE AND FELT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SINK ?LIKE SOMEONE HAD TRIPPED HIM WHILE RUNNING.? BEFORE HE KNEW IT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IT STRUCK THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS UNCERTAIN IF HE HAD ENOUGH REMAINING RUNWAY LEFT TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND LAND SAFELY SO HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE TAKEOFF AND RETURN FOR LANDING.

THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER DISPATCHED CRASH, FIRE AND RESCUE EMEGERNCY PERSONNEL AFTER THE PILOT DECLARED THE EMERGENCY. THE PILOT CIRCLED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 21R. DUE TO THE DAMAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF, THE NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR COLLAPASED DURING LANDING AND CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE RUNWAY 21R NUMEROUS (18) MORE TIMES AS THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 21R. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED INTACT, ALTHOUGH THE FONT PORTIONS OF THE WHEEL SKIRTS WERE TORN AWAY. NO OTHER PORTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. NO OTHER VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS PRESENT ON THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES DUE TO THE INCIDENT.

THE LUK AIRPORT SPECIAL WEATHER OBSERVATION (ATIS - SPECI) REPORTED THE WEATHER AT 1009 EDT TO BE 10 STATUTE MILES OF VISIBILITY, BROKEN CEILINGS AT 3,600 AND 5,000 FEET AGL, AND A WIND FROM THE SOUTH (170 DEGREES) AT 5 KNOTS.

REVIEWED BY DWS 09/12/2019

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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