# NTSB CEN11CA389: Conner Leroy RV6A, N25LC, Oakwood, OK, June 10, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 10, 2011, 08:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place: Oakwood, OK
- Coordinates: 35.739723, -98.741943 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7397&lon=-98.7419&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 2011
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 80762
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN11CA389
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/80762/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=80762
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA389

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper decision to land on a road with obstacles.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Conner Leroy RV6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=05606RU), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Conner Leroy RV6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=05606RU), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot was landing on a paved country road in order to deliver paychecks to his farm crew. During the landing roll the airplane's left wing impacted a school bus sign and the airplane veered off of the road into a fence. The airplane came to rest in an upright position with substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane prior to the accident.

## Factual narrative

The pilot was landing on a paved country road in order to deliver paychecks to his farm crew. During the landing roll the airplane's left wing impacted a school bus sign and the airplane veered off of the road into a fence. The airplane came to rest in an upright position with substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane prior to the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25LC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25LC-2018-02-12), registration cancelled 2018-02-12, S/N 21440, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONNER LEROY RV6A
- Registry model: [Conner Leroy RV6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/conner-leroy-rv6a) (registry code 05606RU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 21440
- Airframe hours: 450
- Engines: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, January 5, 2011
- Departed: McAlester, OK
- Destination: Oakwood, OK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 1, 2010; seat: left; flight hours: 771 total, 456 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 195° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

## 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 20110610011249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110610011249A), Jun 10, 2011: Conner Leroy RV6A, Thomas, OK, Substantial damage. On June 10, 2011 [privacy data omitted], certificate number [privacy data omitted] operated N25LC, an RV6A. [privacy data omitted] Was enroute from mcalester…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 15, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=80762. 1.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40350915&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.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.

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