# Accident 20230611007009A: Croft Stanton W VANS RV6A, Mimbres, NM, June 11, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2023, 17:12 local time
- Place: Mimbres, NM
- Airport: Casas Adobes Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8142° N, 107.9400° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8142&lon=-107.9400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60605, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Croft Stanton W VANS RV6A (registry code 05610WM, https://openairdocs.org/model/croft-stanton-w-vans-rv6a) (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: CROFT STANTON W VANS RV6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,834 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230611007009A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 11, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1515 MDT, A RV-6A, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, HAD A HARD LANDING ACCIIDENT AT NM69 (CASA ADOBES AIRPARK), MIMBRAS, NM. THE PILOT WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM MORIARITY AIRPORT (0E0). NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED SUBSTANSIAL DAMAGE. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER INCURRED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MORIARITY AIRPORT (0E0) ON JUNE 11, 2023, AT 1540 MDT.

THE PILOT STATED,"A LOW PASS WAS MADE NORTH TO SOUTH TO CHECK THE WINDSOCK. THE WINDSOCK INDICATED A CROSSWIND FROM THE SOUTHWEST BUT WAS NOT BEING DEFLECTED FROM THAT HEADING SO A LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED ON RUNWAY 16. ON APPROACH TO LANDING, JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN WITH FLARE INITIATED, THE NOSE ROSE UPWARD TO A STEEP ANGLE THEN SLAMMED INTO THE GROUND BENDING THE NOSE WHEEL UNDER AND BENDING THE NOSE GEAR LEG. AFTER SLIDING DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE BENT LEG, IT DUG INTO THE GROUND AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO IT’S BACK".

THE WEATHER AT THE AIRPORT WAS:  20230611 17:10 WIND 244 17G23

THE CROSSWIND, GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE WIND SHEAR IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY, COULD HAVE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME UNCONTROLABLE IN THE CRITICAL LANDING PHASE OF THE FLARE.

## 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 WPR23LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA230), Jun 11, 2023: Vans RV6A (N60605), Mimbres, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inflight loss of control while landing with wind gusts that resulted in a hard landing and subsequent 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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