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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sandor Robert P VANS RV6A · Hot Springs, AR · July 21, 2019

Date: July 21, 2019 · 08:00 local
Place: Hot Springs, AR
Airport: Memorial Filed Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N543RV
Reported as: Sandor Robert P Vans RV6A
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 70 total22 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N543RVRegistered now · Sandor Robert P VANS RV6AS/N 23142 · Built 2005 Airframe modelSandor Robert P VANS RV6A Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On July 21, 2019 N543RV, landed on runway 13 at Hot Springs memorial field airport and while letting the nose gear down the aircraft rolled over the intersection between crossing runway 5/23 and it damaged the nose gear, bouncing the plane back into the air slightly. Airmen kept the nose gear off the runway as long as he could. As he turned off on taxiway hotel, he pulled the throttle to idle and mixture to idle cut off. The force of the turn broke the nose gear off of the strut because it was no longer able to caster as normal.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 21, 2019 N543RV, LANDED ON RUNWAY 13 AT HOT SPRINGS MEMORIAL FIELD AIRPORT AND WHILE LETTING THE NOSE GEAR DOWN THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN CROSSING RUNWAY 5/23 AND IT DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR, BOUNCING THE PLANE BACK INTO THE AIR SLIGHTLY. AIRMEN KEPT THE NOSE GEAR OFF THE RUNWAY AS LONG AS HE COULD. AS HE TURNED OFF ON TAXIWAY HOTEL, HE PULLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND MIXTURE TO IDLE CUT OFF. THE FORCE OF THE TURN BROKE THE NOSE GEAR OFF OF THE STRUT BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO CASTER AS NORMAL.