# Incident 20230820012159I: Waters James VANS RV-6A, Greenville, SC, August 20, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2023, 13:25 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8369° N, 82.3630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8369&lon=-82.3630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N654TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N654TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waters James VANS RV-6A (registry code 05604JW, https://openairdocs.org/model/waters-james-vans-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior O-360 series (registry code 59250, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WATERS JAMES VANS RV-6A
- Reported engine: SUPERIOR O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 783 total, 328 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230820012159I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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