# Incident 20230709010249I: Finley Lg/Campbell Ja RV-9A, Eugene, OR, July 9, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2023, 11:15 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N119AY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N119AY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Finley Lg/Campbell Ja RV-9A (registry code 05628JT, https://openairdocs.org/model/finley-lg-campbell-ja-rv-9a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior IO-360 series (registry code 59251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FINLEY LG/CAMPBELL JA RV-9A
- Reported engine: SUPERIOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230709010249I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TOUCHING DOWN WITH THE MLG ON THE RWY 16L CENTERLINE, WHEN THE NLG TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRPLANE ABRUPTLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND THE NLG COLLAPSED.  THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP ON ITS NOSE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE RWY WITH A SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE AND PROP STRIKE WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.  THE PILOT REPORTED IT FELT LIKE THE NLG WAS OUT OF CASTER AND SIDEWAYS ON TOUCHDOWN.  AN ONSITE INVESTIGATION FOUND THE FIXED NLG BENT AT ABOUT 90 DEGREES IN TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS, DAMAGE TO BOTH PROP BLADE TIPS, AND THE LOWER ENGINE COWL FORWARD EDGE PARTIALLY CRUSHED.

## Other reports on N119AY (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130927019209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130927019209I), Sep 27, 2013: Finley Lg/Campbell Ja RV-9A (N119AY), Medford, OR, Minor damage. While landing at Illinois valley aiport on 9-27-13 at Illinois valley airport, the aircraft bounced and damaged the nose landing gear. The PIC of the aircraft…

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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