20220601009259I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Van Santen Donald S RV7 · Pacoima, CA · June 1, 2022

Date
June 1, 2022 · 13:04 local
Place
Pacoima, CA
Airport
Whiteman
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N12VS
Reported as
Van Santen Donald S RV7
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
7,200 total1,700 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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.

The pilot reported that the aircraft had a partial electrical failure resulting in loss of flaps, radios and trim.

The pilot made multiple attempts to land and on last attempt he landed long. The pilot applied max braking causing the aircraft to nose forward and ground looping the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD A PARTIAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE RESULTING IN LOSS OF FLAPS, RADIOS AND TRIM.

THE PILOT MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO LAND AND ON LAST ATTEMPT HE LANDED LONG. THE PILOT APPLIED MAX BRAKING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE FORWARD AND GROUND LOOPING THE AIRCRAFT.