# Accident 20240601007639A: Thomas J Spencer RV-10, Snohomish, WA, June 1, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2024, 11:42 local time
- Place: Snohomish, WA
- Airport: Harvey Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9049° N, 122.1027° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9049&lon=-122.1027&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90VT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90VT-2024-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thomas J Spencer RV-10 (registry code 05637PJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/thomas-j-spencer-rv-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THOMAS J SPENCER RV-10
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO 540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 360 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240601007639A

## Narrative

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

JUNE 2ND 2024 JPH WHILE ON AFTER HOURS ACCIDENT DUTY RECEIVED A PHONE CALL THAT AN ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED. JPH WAS CONNECTED TO THE NTSB AND WAS BRIEFED ON AN RV10 THAT HAD CRASHED WHILE LANDING AT HARVEY FIELD. THE AIRCRAFTS REGISTRATION WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND THE REPORT FROM THE RESPONDING SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. JPH SPOKE WITH THE PILOT WHO STATED THAT "I WAS GOING WAY TOO FAST, BOUNCED A COUPLE TIMES, AND THEN COULD NOT GET THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED." A FOLLOW UP INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE PROFICIENT IN THE AIRCRAFT, AND HAD JUST COMPLETED AND IPC TWO WEEKS EARLIER. THE PILOT HAD A CURRENT FLIGHT REVIEW, 1400 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME INCLUDING 360 IN THE RV10 HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT WHICH THE PILOT HAD BUILT. THE PILOT WHO IS NOW 78, STATED THAT HE WILL NO LONGER BE FLYING AND THAT THIS WAS THE END OF HIS FLYING CAREER.  AT THIS TIME IT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATION IS THAT THE PILOT FAILED TO EXECUTE A NECESSARY GO AROUND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT HARVEY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT HARVEY FIELD. FOLLOWING THE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TO ADDRESS NON-REGULATORY SAFETY CONCERNS, THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED AS TO APPROPRIATE PILOT ACTIONS TO TAKE UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE FUTURE.

## 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 WPR24LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA166), Jun 1, 2024: Thomas J Spencer RV-10 (N90VT), Snohomish, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point during landing with a tailwind which resulted in a runway overrun.

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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