# Accident 20211222021919A: Willerton Hazen Dennis VANS RV6A, Show Low, AZ, December 22, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2021, 16:35 local time
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Airport: Show Low
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2728° N, 109.9989° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2728&lon=-109.9989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6000Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6000Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Willerton Hazen Dennis VANS RV6A (registry code 056100U, https://openairdocs.org/model/willerton-hazen-dennis-vans-rv6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WILLERTON HAZEN DENNIS VANS RV6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211222021919A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS PERFORMING A PERSONAL FLIGHT TO GIVE A FAMILY MEMBER FLIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT.  HE LEFT HIS HOME BASE IN SOUTHERN UTAH TO FLY TO SHOW LOW, AZ.  AIRMAN WAS NOT ON THE CTAF FREQUENCY AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE EXISTING TRAFFIC.  HE REALIZED THIS AND CHANGED TO THE CORRECT FREQUENCY.  GROUND PERSONNEL WHO MONITORED CTAF STATED THAT THE AIRMAN APOLIGIZED FOR BEING ON THE WRONG FREQUENCY AFTER BEING ESTABLISHED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.  THE SAME GROUND PERSONNEL NOTICED THAT TWO AIRCRAFT WERE ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 22 AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER.  BOTH AIRCRAFT EXITED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FROM SHORT FINAL.  THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED MAKING A RIGHT TURN AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT USING A MEDIUM TO SPEEP BANK ANGLE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN OBSERVED ON A VERTICLE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.  THE SECOND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO A LANGING AND REPORTED THAT THE FIRST AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED AND WAS ON FIRE.  RESEARCH OF THE AIRMAN DISCOVERED THAT HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE HAD EXPIRED MAY 2020.

## 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 WPR22FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA067), Dec 22, 2021: Vans RV6 (N6000Z), Show Low, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack following an aborted landing approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control at an altitude too low for recovery.

## Other reports on N6000Z (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130321004289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130321004289I), Mar 21, 2013: Willerton Hazen Dennis VANS RV6A (N6000Z), West Jordan, UT, Minor damage. N6000Z was inbound to the U42 airport. N6000Z landed in a soccer field south of the U42 airport. Pilot stated he was on right base for runway 34. He stated…
- [Accident 20120410006319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120410006319A), Apr 10, 2012: Willerton Hazen Dennis VANS RV6A (N6000Z), Sequim, WA, Substantial damage. This flight originated as an instructional & bi-annual checkride and had departed the Sequim valley airport @ 1320 PDT. The pilot stated the aircraft was at…

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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