# Accident 20190819017839A: Sawyer Allen W RV-7A, Ocracoke, NC, August 19, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Place: Ocracoke, NC
- Airport: Ocracoke Island Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1011° N, 75.9658° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1011&lon=-75.9658&mi=10
- Aircraft: N566WV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N566WV-2026-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sawyer Allen W RV-7A (registry code 056260B, https://openairdocs.org/model/sawyer-allen-w-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1D (registry code 41859, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAWYER ALLEN W RV-7A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,846 total, 902 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA499) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190819017839A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 19, 2019 AT 1:56 PM LOCAL, PILOT IN COMMAND ^ALLEN SAWYER^ STATED THAT AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 6 AT OCRACOKE ISLAND AIRPORT (W95) IN OCRACOKE NORTH CAROLINA, THE WINDS HAD SHIFTED TO A QUARTERING TAILWIND WHICH WAS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT OFF THE RUNWAY.  HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND THE WIND BLEW N566WV INTO THE TREES OFF OF RUNWAY 6.  HE STATED THAT THERE WERE 2 SOULS ON BOARD WITH MINOR INJURIES LIKE CUTS AND BRUISES.

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2019,^ ALLEN SAWYER^ RETURNED MY CALL.  DURING THE CALL ^MR. SAWYER^ STATED THAT HE SAW PONDING ON THE RUNWAY WHILE HE WAS INITIATING THE GO-AROUND AND WAS CONCERNED THAT IF THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR WENT THROUGH THE WATER IT WOULD CAUSE THE DRIFTING OFF OF THE RUNWAY TO GET WORSE.

## 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 GAA19CA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA499), Aug 19, 2019: Vans RV7 (N566WV), Ocracoke, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control during an attempted aborted landing, which resulted in impact with trees.

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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