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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gordon Scot A RV-6A · Palouse, WA · September 15, 2021

Date
September 15, 2021 · 11:00 local
Place
Palouse, WA
Airport
Palouse Wahington
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3977G
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR21LA346
Reported as
Gordon Scot A RV-6A
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-H2AD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,212 total1 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Instructor with student landing at unfamiliar runway touched down hard and bounced airplane resulting in proposing. The aircraft went off the side of runway and flipped inverted.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR WITH STUDENT LANDING AT UNFAMILIAR RUNWAY TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED AIRPLANE RESULTING IN PROPOSING. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE SIDE OF RUNWAY AND FLIPPED INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

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