# Incident 20240227001729I: Barrows Robert E RV-3A, Nashua, NH, February 27, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2024, 17:45 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7824° N, 71.5141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOIRE FLD (ASH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7824&lon=-71.5141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N380RB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N380RB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Barrows Robert E RV-3A (registry code 05612CQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/barrows-robert-e-rv-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BARROWS ROBERT E RV-3A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 456 total, 18 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240227001729I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 27, 2024, FORM 8020-9 RECEIVED FROM THE ROC IN CONJUNCTION WITH A TELEPHONE CALL STATING THAT AN RV3 AIRCRAFT AT THE NASHUA BOIRE AIRPORT ENCOUNTERED A PROPELLER STRIKE WHILE LANDING AT 17:45 LOCAL.  PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES.  INTERVIEWED THE PILOT VIA A TELEPHONE CALL IMMEDIATELY AND WAS INFORMED THAT WHILE MAKING A CROSSING LANDING, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND WHICH RESULTED IN USING TOO MUCH FORWARD CORRECTION.  THIS ALLOWED THE PROPELLERS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY AFTERWARDS.  MINOR DAMAGE TO ALL THREE PROPELLER TIPS.  PICTURES WERE FORWARDED TO THIS INSPECTOR FOR EVALUATION ALONG WITH A WRITTEN STATMENT.

## Other reports on N380RB (1)

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

- [Incident 19990328002739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990328002739I), Mar 28, 1999: Amtr RV3A (N380RB), Boulder City, NV, Minor damage. Pilot stated he performed wheel landing, when tail wheel came down he experienced a movement/jerk to the side and the airplane started gling left. He was…

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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