# Incident 20260731009109I: Hooker Douglas L RV-8, Batavia, OH, July 31, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2026, 13:00 local time
- Place: Batavia, OH
- Airport: Clearmont County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0804° N, 84.1708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Batavia, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0804&lon=-84.1708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N365DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N365DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hooker Douglas L RV-8 (registry code 056323C, https://openairdocs.org/model/hooker-douglas-l-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1F (registry code 41861, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOOKER DOUGLAS L RV-8
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B1F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 606 total, 39 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260731009109I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 31, 2026, AT 1300 EDT, A DOUGLAS L. HOOKER, RV-8, EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, RAN OFF THE RUNWAY UPON LANDING AT CLERMONT COUNTY AIRPORT, OHIO (I69) WHILE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE. THE COMMERICAL PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LANCASTER SC (LKR) ON JULY 31, 2026, AT 1030 EDT.

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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