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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Waters James VANS RV-6A · Greenville, SC · August 20, 2023

Date
August 20, 2023 · 13:25 local
Place
Greenville, SC
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N654TB
Reported as
Waters James Vans RV-6A
Reported engine
Superior O-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
783 total328 in this make and model8 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.

Pilot was practicing take off and landings in preparation for a flight review. He had successfully made eight prior to the last landing when he was practicing a dead stick landing and he flared out to high, stalled and damaged the nose gear and the propeller struck the runway. Pilot realizes his mistake and accepted responsibility.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS IN PREPARATION FOR A FLIGHT REVIEW. HE HAD SUCCESSFULLY MADE EIGHT PRIOR TO THE LAST LANDING WHEN HE WAS PRACTICING A DEAD STICK LANDING AND HE FLARED OUT TO HIGH, STALLED AND DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. PILOT REALIZES HIS MISTAKE AND ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY.