20191004014189A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piermattei Donald L VANS ACFT RV-9A · Lake Elsinore, CA · October 4, 2019

Date
October 4, 2019 · 12:00 local
Place
Lake Elsinore, CA
Airport
Skylark Field
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N192DP
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA20CA003
Reported as
Piermattei Donald L Vans Acft RV-9A
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-D2J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
56 total7 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft landing was uneventful. During aircraft taxi, the nose gear dug into the soft dirt runway causing the nose gear to break. Aircraft flipped tail forward and came to rest upside down.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. DURING AIRCRAFT TAXI, THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE SOFT DIRT RUNWAY CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO BREAK. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED TAIL FORWARD AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.