20241108021789A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Maynard Larry D RV8-A · Cleveland, GA · November 8, 2024

Date
November 8, 2024 · 14:00 local
Place
Cleveland, GA
Airport
Mountain Airpark
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N69LM
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA25LA042
Reported as
Maynard Larry D RV8-A
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,020 total100 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon landing, the fixed nose gear bent rearward causing the nose of the aircraft to hit the ground and the aircraft to flip over inverted. The pilot removed aircraft preventing on scene investigation.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING, THE FIXED NOSE GEAR BENT REARWARD CAUSING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO HIT THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER INVERTED. THE PILOT REMOVED AIRCRAFT PREVENTING ON SCENE INVESTIGATION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.