# Accident 20240614007239A: Fosdick Jeff VANS RV-6A, Townsend, DE, June 14, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2024, 12:52 local time
- Place: Townsend, DE
- Airport: Spirit Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3736° N, 75.7458° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3736&lon=-75.7458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N298Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N298Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fosdick Jeff VANS RV-6A (registry code 05605M7, https://openairdocs.org/model/fosdick-jeff-vans-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOSDICK JEFF VANS RV-6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 447 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240614007239A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS ON A FLIGHT TO DELAWARE AIRPARK (33N) AND BACK TO SPIRIT AIRPARK (DE20) AFTER OBTAINING FUEL FOR A PLANNED FLIGHT THE FOLLOWING DAY.

DURING THE PREFLIGHT AND SUBSEQUENT PREFLIGHT INSPECTIONS THERE WERE NO DISCREPANCIES IDENTIFIED.

AIRMAN STATED DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT THE APPROACH INTO DE20 WAS NORMAL AND HIS APPROACH SPEED WAS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 KNOTS.

DURING THE LANDING, THE PILOT STATED IN THE INTERVIEW THAT THE MAIN GEAR TIRES TOUCHED FIRST, BUT AS THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN IT COLLAPSED AND DUG INTO THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE COLLAPSE RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPING OVER AND COMING TO A REST UPSIDE DOWN.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE FUSELAGE AS THE MAIN STRUCTURE WAS TWISTED AND BOWED.

THIS REPORT MAY BE ADMENDED IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS OBTAINED.

## 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 ERA24LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA264), Jun 14, 2024: Vans RV6 (N298Z), Townsend, DE, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with rough or soft terrain during landing, resulting in a bent nose landing gear leg and subsequent nose over.

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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