# Incident 20200110005129I: Scott Larry R VANS AIRCRAFT RV-7, Hobbs, NM, January 10, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2020, 17:55 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Airport: Lea County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6873° N, 103.2175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEA COUNTY RGNL (HOB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6873&lon=-103.2175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N712CT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCOTT LARRY R VANS AIRCRAFT RV-7
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200110005129I

## Narrative

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

ON 01/10/2020, AT 1755CST, AN EXPERIMENTAL VANS RV-7 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N712CT, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, SMOKE FILLED THE COCKPIT MOMENTS AFTER TAKEOFF KHOB RUNWAY 30.  PILOT INFORMED ATC, TURNED LEFT, AND LANDED RUNWAY 3.  N712CT VEERED LEFT AS THE PILOT APPLIED MODERATE BRAKING.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPART THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WHEEL PANT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 91 FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT, AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KHOB ON 01/10/2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1752CST (ESTIMATED).

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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