# Accident 20240727010779A: Roberts Jeff SUPER RV8, Fort Bridger, WY, July 27, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2024, 17:00 local time
- Place: Fort Bridger, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3951° N, 110.3992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3951&lon=-110.3992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N854, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N854-2025-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Roberts Jeff SUPER RV8 (registry code 05613RI, https://openairdocs.org/model/roberts-jeff-super-rv8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBERTS JEFF SUPER RV8
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,959 total, 1,206 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240727010779A

## Narrative

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

7/27/2024, 1700 LCL AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LEFT FROM RWY 22 DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AFTER A GUST OF CROSSWIND THAT TURNED INTO A TAILWIND. PILOT STATED, "I APPLIED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED NORMALLY, BUT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY". THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE LEFT-WING SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO THE VEGETATION.

## 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 ANC24LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA070), Jul 27, 2024: Roberts Jeff Super RV8 (N854), Carter, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots encounter with a shifting winds during takeoff, which resulted in a loss of control and runway excursion.

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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