# Accident 20220509006739A: Justice Frank K VANS RV-6A, Hendersonville, NC, May 9, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2022, 12:15 local time
- Place: Hendersonville, NC
- Airport: Hendersonville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3063° N, 82.4310° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3063&lon=-82.4310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7FJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7FJ-2024-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Justice Frank K VANS RV-6A (registry code 05602Q8, https://openairdocs.org/model/justice-frank-k-vans-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JUSTICE FRANK K VANS RV-6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,020 total, 25 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220509006739A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS COMING IN TO LAND RUNWAY 33, HAD COMPLETED LANDING CHECKLIST, EVERYTHING CHECKED OK.  WHEN APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 ? OFF RUNWAY FELT AS IF HE WAS BEING PUSHED. PLANE HIT HARD WITH POSSIBLE PROP STRIKE AT THIS TIME, BOUNCED APPROX. 15 FEET IN THE AIR, BOUNCED A 2ND TIME WITH APPROX. 10? , STEERED TOWARD GRASS AT EDGE OF RUNWAY AND ON THE 3RD BOUNCE, PROP STRUCK THE GRASS AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED UPSIDE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.

## 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 ERA22LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA232), May 9, 2022: Justice Frank K Vans RV-6A (N7FJ), Hendersonville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to go-around during an unstable approach, which resulted in a hard landing, runway excursion, and nose over.

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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