# Incident 20210414006019I: Tolliver Daryl VANS RV-7A, Monument Valley, UT, April 14, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2021, 14:00 local time
- Place: Monument Valley, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N754RV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N754RV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tolliver Daryl VANS RV-7A (registry code 05622I0, https://openairdocs.org/model/tolliver-daryl-vans-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TOLLIVER DARYL VANS RV-7A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,290 total, 1,104 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210414006019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEFT SEZ TOWARDS UT25, PILOT CALLED HOTEL AT MONUMENT VALLEY TO CHECK WEATHER. PILOT WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS CALM. APPROACHED WITH TAILWIND. WINDS HAD PICKED UP CONSIDERABLY. PILOT MADE TOUCHDOWN, BUT WIND GUST CAUSED THE PILOT TO READJUST. PILOT READJUSTED TO CENTER OF RUNWAY. ANOTHER GUST BLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT INTO THE TUMBLEWEEDS AND SOFT SAND. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED FRONT LANDING GEAR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.

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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