# Incident 20201112018329I: Richard R Saliers VANS ACFT RV-9A, Baldwin, MI, November 12, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2020, 11:30 local time
- Place: Baldwin, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8970° N, 85.8523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baldwin, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8970&lon=-85.8523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N847RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N847RS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Richard R Saliers VANS ACFT RV-9A (registry code 05639HU, https://openairdocs.org/model/richard-r-saliers-vans-acft-rv-9a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming YO-320 series (registry code 42424, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-yo-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RICHARD R SALIERS VANS ACFT RV-9A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING YO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 69 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201112018329I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020 AT 1130 LOCAL TIME, A VANS RV-9A EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, N847RS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING HARD LANDING AT THE BALDWIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (7D3) BALDWIN, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT AND SINGLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE RIVERVIEW AIRPORT (08C) JENNISON, MICHIGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1000L.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HAD BEEN PRACTICING INSTRUMENT APPROACHES BY FLYING TO MANISTEE (MBL) THEN TO BALDWIN (7D3). DURING THE SIMULATED VOR APPROACH INTO BALDWIN RUNWAY 27 THE PILOT STATES HE WAS TO FAST ON THE FINAL APPROACH AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON LANDING. THE PILOT ELECTED NOT TO ABORT AND CONTINUED ATTEMPTS TO SALVAGE THE LANDING. FOLLOWING THE INITIAL BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PORPOISE UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND STOPPED NEAR THE SIDE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. BOTH OCCUPANTS EGRESSED FROM THE AIRCRAFT UNAIDED. THE ELT DID NOT TRIGGER DURING THE INCIDENT.

PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THE AIRCRAFT SETTING ON ITS NOSE COWL WITH THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY STILL ATTACHED, BUT FOLDED BACK AND TO THE LEFT. PROPELLER REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE CRANK SHAFT WITH BOTH TIPS BENT AFT. NO OTHER DAMAGE COULD BE DETERMINED. THE PILOT STATES THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL ISSUE WITH THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.

NEAREST WEATHER REPORT FROM BIG RAPIDS, MI (KRQB) AN 1635 UTC WAS: WIND 210 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CLEAR, TEMP 08, DEW POINT 03 AND ALTIMETER 30.14.

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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