# Accident 20241025016339A: Dierenfield Devin RV-6A, Lancaster, CA, October 25, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2024, 12:28 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Fox Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7411° N, 118.2180° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7411&lon=-118.2180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N805RV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N805RV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dierenfield Devin RV-6A (registry code 05622NM, https://openairdocs.org/model/dierenfield-devin-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-390 series (registry code 41678, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIERENFIELD DEVIN RV-6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-390 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,048 total, 89 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241025016339A

## Narrative

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

DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING, AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING IMPACTED BLAST AREA OF R/WAY ABOUT 85' FROM R/WAY THRESHOLD FOLLOWED BY HEAVY PROP STRIKES ON R/WAY. AIRCRAFT THEN TRAVELLED OVER 500' ON R/WAY, AND CAME TO A FULL STOP ON IT'S NOSE IN GRAVEL AREA OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF R/WAY, WITH COLLAPSED NOSE LANDING GEAR.

## 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 WPR25LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA028), Oct 25, 2024: Dierenfield Devin RV-6A (N805RV), Lancaster, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a stablized approach, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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