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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Kohler Gary R RV-7A · Wadsworth, OH · June 29, 2022

Date: June 29, 2022 · 15:30 local
Place: Wadsworth, OH
Airport: Weltzien Skypark
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N358MG
Reported as: Kohler Gary R RV-7A
Reported engine: Lycoming YIO-360-M1B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,200 total255 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N358MGRegistered now · Kohler Gary R RV-7AS/N 73930 · Built 2018 Airframe modelKohler Gary R RV-7A Engine modelLycoming YIO-360-M1BReciprocating

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.

During pilot interview he stated that he landed faster than usual due to another plane behind him in the pattern. Pilot reported that brakes felt firm but he was getting no effective braking action. Aircraft impacted guard rail at the end of the rwy and flipped over going into a ravine, brush and vegetation softening the impact. Aircraft ended up upside down. RV-7 has a flip up canopy, pilot was unable to egress from aircraft until found by police 5 hrs later. Pilot was extracted with minor injuries to his head.

As the FAA filed it

DURING PILOT INTERVIEW HE STATED THAT HE LANDED FASTER THAN USUAL DUE TO ANOTHER PLANE BEHIND HIM IN THE PATTERN. PILOT REPORTED THAT BRAKES FELT FIRM BUT HE WAS GETTING NO EFFECTIVE BRAKING ACTION. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GUARD RAIL AT THE END OF THE RWY AND FLIPPED OVER GOING INTO A RAVINE, BRUSH AND VEGETATION SOFTENING THE IMPACT. AIRCRAFT ENDED UP UPSIDE DOWN. RV-7 HAS A FLIP UP CANOPY, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EGRESS FROM AIRCRAFT UNTIL FOUND BY POLICE 5 HRS LATER. PILOT WAS EXTRACTED WITH MINOR INJURIES TO HIS HEAD.