# NTSB CEN10CA504: Rauch RV-3, N50NJ, Newark, OH, August 29, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 29, 2010, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC) - Place: Newark, OH - Coordinates: 40.024444, -82.461669 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0244&lon=-82.4617&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report March 16, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 77123 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10CA504 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77123/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77123 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA504 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point, resulting in an undershoot. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Rauch Kenny F RV-3, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=056272K), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Rauch Kenny F RV-3, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md?model=056272K), [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370) (defining event); cases with it: [Rauch Kenny F RV-3, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md?model=056272K), [All aircraft, 201 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Rauch Kenny F RV-3, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=056272K), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he was landing at his private airstrip. He indicated that as the airplane reached the critical touchdown point, the tailwheel impacted an obstruction at the end of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage when it nosed over. The pilot indicated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. The pilot stated that he thought the accident was a result of the airplane landing short of the runway. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that he was landing at his private airstrip. He indicated that he "got too critical on touchdown point" and the tailwheel impacted an obstruction at the end of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage when it nosed over. The pilot indicated that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane reference the accident flight. The pilot stated that "landing short was the cause of this accident." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N50NJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50NJ-2010-10-04), registration cancelled 2010-10-04, S/N 90, built 2009 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: RAUCH RV-3 - Registry model: [Rauch Kenny F RV-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/rauch-kenny-f-rv-3) (registry code 056272K) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O-320-A1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-a1a) (registry code 42098, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 90 - Airframe hours: 20 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-A1A 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: VTA, Newark, OH - Destination: PVT, Newark, OH - Airport: PVT, Private Airstrip ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 80; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 22, 2009; seat: single; flight hours: 930 total, 20 in this make and model, 900 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 61 °F - Altimeter: 30.29 inHg - Observed at: VTA ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20100829044839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100829044839A), Aug 29, 2010: Rauch Kenny RV-3, Newark, OH, Substantial damage. On attempt to land at mr. Rauch's personal grass strip, he landed at the extreme edge of the beginning of the runway causing the aircraft to yaw and flip. ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 5, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77123. 1.0 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40336129&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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