20220317003829A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Nordquist Richard A VANS RV7A · Polk City, FL · March 17, 2022

Date
March 17, 2022 · 14:30 local
Place
Polk City, FL
Airport
Flanders Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N275PL
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA22LA165
Reported as
Nordquist Richard A Vans RV7A
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
462 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot reported pattern and short final uneventful. Approach, flare and landing was made at required air speeds of (final 70 knots, touchdown 65 knots). Just after touchdown the pilot felt a sudden movement to the right and severe pitch down response of the aircrafts nose and at the same time he heard a loud noise. Immediately after the nose pitched down and the aircraft nosed over and came to rest upside down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED PATTERN AND SHORT FINAL UNEVENTFUL. APPROACH, FLARE AND LANDING WAS MADE AT REQUIRED AIR SPEEDS OF (FINAL 70 KNOTS, TOUCHDOWN 65 KNOTS). JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT FELT A SUDDEN MOVEMENT TO THE RIGHT AND SEVERE PITCH DOWN RESPONSE OF THE AIRCRAFTS NOSE AND AT THE SAME TIME HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.

NTSB investigation

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