# Accident 20240112000589A: Goheen Lloyd HARMON ROCKET II, Mesquite, NV, January 12, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2024, 15:12 local time
- Place: Mesquite, NV
- Airport: Mesquite Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8331° N, 114.0559° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8331&lon=-114.0559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N630L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GOHEEN LLOYD HARMON ROCKET II
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240112000589A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM MESQUITE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT DURING MID-AFTERNOON DAYLIGHT IN CALM AND CLEAR VMC CONDITIONS. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT MAKE SEVERAL TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS WITH FULL STOPS AT THE MESQUITE AIRPORT JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT. DURING THE ACCIDENT LANDING AT THE SAME AIRPORT, ON-AIRPORT WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING ON OR JUST RIGHT OF CENTERLINE AND THEN BEGAN VEERING TO THE RIGHT AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THERE

WERE TIRE MARKS AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY AND ON CENTERLINE. TWO VISIBLE PROP STRIKES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND COMPOSITE PROP DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT

IMMEDIATE AREA. ONE WITNESS OBSERVED THE SECOND PROP STRIKE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED FORWARD AND STRUCK THE PROPELLER AS IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE SECOND PROP STRIKE, WITNESSES

OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUE TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AND EVENTUALLY DEPARTING THE RUNWAY, AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE DUG INTO THE OFF-RUNWAY GRAVEL AND FLIPPED ALONG ITS LONGITUDIAL AXIS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST

WITH THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS CANOPY. WITNESSES THEN ARRIVED AT THE SCENE BY FOOT AND ASSESSED THE SITUATION. WITNESSES OBSERVED AN UNCONCONSIOUS PILOT WHO WAS LOOSLEY BUCKLED INTO HIS SEAT WITH THE CANOPY CLOSED AND DAMAGED WITH VISIBLE BLOOD ON THE GLASS.

AFTER ASSESSING THE SITUATION, WITNESSES ON SCENE WHO HAD MEDICAL TRAINING, DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT WAS WITHOUT A PULSE AND DECIDED TO EXTRACT HIM TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM CPR. EXTRACTION TIME TOOK APPROXIMATLEY 5 MINUTES. AFTER APPROXIMATLEY 4 MINUTES OF CPR AND WITH

THE ASSISTANCE OF A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NURSE WHO WAS BASED AT THE AIRPORT, FIRST RESPONDING WITNESSESS WERE ABLE TO REGAIN A PULSE FROM THE PILOT.  HE WAS THEN PREPPED FOR TRANSPORT BY HELICOPTOR TO A LAS VEGAS TRAUMA HOSPITAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A HANGAR SHORTLY AFTER THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL WITH CLEARANCE BY THE NTSB.

A DAY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT, THE PILOT'S MECHANIC REPLACED A RIGHT BRAKE LINE AND SEALS AND TOLD THE PILOT TO USE CAUTION ON THE FIRST FEW APPLICATIONS OF THE BRAKES TO ALLOW FOR PROPER WEARING IN OF THE NEW COMPONENTS.  FAA INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO MECHANICAL FAILURES THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.

FAA INSPECTORS WERE TOLD BY ONE OF THE RESPONDING WITNESSES THAT THE PILOT'S MEDICAL STATUS WAS STABLE BUT CRITICAL. PICTURES AND VIDEO OF POST ACCIDENT SCENE AND AIRCRAFT WERE COLLECTED.

THIS NARRATIVE TO BE AMENDED AT A LATER DATE AS NEEDED.

## 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 WPR24LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA075), Jan 12, 2024: Harmon Rocket II (N630L), Mesquite, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control on the landing roll, which led to the airplane coming to rest inverted.

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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