# Accident 20200818018669A: Eric Hansen TEAM ROCKET F1 ROCKE, Finleyville, PA, August 18, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2020, 14:00 local time
- Place: Finleyville, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2478° N, 80.0133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2478&lon=-80.0133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88XK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88XK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eric Hansen TEAM ROCKET F1 ROCKE (registry code 056383O, https://openairdocs.org/model/eric-hansen-team-rocket-f1-rocke) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-D4A5 (registry code 41798, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-d4a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERIC HANSEN TEAM ROCKET F1 ROCKE
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,420 total, 11 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA291) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200818018669A

## Narrative

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

INITIAL FLAP FAILURE. (FAILED TO EXTEND) ATTEMPTED LANDING AT FINLEYVILLE AIRPORT (G05). TWO PILOTS IN AIRCRAFT IN TANDEM. FRONT SEAT PILOT APPLIED BRAKES WHILE REAR SEAT PILOT HAD CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROLS DURING LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE BRAKES LOCATED IN THE REAR POSITION RESULTING OVERRUN OF RUNWAY.  BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FRONT PILOT AND REAR PILOT.

LETTERS ISSUED TO PILOTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FSIMS 8900 VOLUME 14, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 2 PARAGRAPH D6 CHG 728 TITLED COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT.

## 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 ERA20CA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA291), Aug 18, 2020: Team Rocket F1 Rocket (N88XK), Finelyville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the airplane’s speed and altitude during the landing approach, and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway overrun.…

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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