# Incident 20250712021422I: Stahl Michael S RV-8, Tarkio, MO, July 12, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2025, 09:40 local time
- Place: Tarkio, MO
- Airport: Gould Peterson Municipal Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4455° N, 95.3673° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4455&lon=-95.3673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N931KZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N931KZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stahl Michael S RV-8 (registry code 05641XQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/stahl-michael-s-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming YIO-390 series (registry code 42418, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-yio-390-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STAHL MICHAEL S RV-8
- Reported engine: LYCOMING YIO-390 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 198 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA250) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250712021422I

## Narrative

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

REPORTEDLY, DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 36, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABOUT TO TOUCHDOWN WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHICH HAD ALREADY LANDED AND WAS ON ROLL OUT. AN AIRCRAFT ON FINAL BEHIND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE AN URGENT RADIO CALL FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO GO AROUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INITIATED AN IMMEDIATE GO AROUND, DURING WHICH ITS RUDDER MADE CONTACT WITH THE PROPELLER OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE CONTACT RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR FAIRING AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO TO APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES OF THE LOWER AFT PORTION OF THE RUDDER OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PROPELLER BLADES OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED DAMAGE REQUIRING PROPELLER REPLACEMENT. HOWEVER, OTHER THAN A MINOR SCUFF TO THE CANOPY OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE BY THE TIRE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THERE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY OTHER DAMAGE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A SUCCESSFUL GO AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N588AF, Game Composites LLC GB1 GAMEBIRD: [Accident 20250712021412A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250712021412A)

## 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 CEN25LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA250), Jul 12, 2025: Vans RV-8 (N931KZ), Tarkio, MO, minor damage, investigation ongoing

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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