# NTSB CEN11CA550: Attaway Robert H RV6A, N675RE, Colorado Springs, CO, August 5, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 5, 2011, 10:16 local (16:16 UTC)
- Place: Colorado Springs, CO
- Coordinates: 38.940555, -104.568611 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9406&lon=-104.5686&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 2011
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 81402
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN11CA550
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81402/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81402
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA550

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain control while landing.

## Findings

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

- [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Attaway Robert H RV6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=05612L2), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Attaway Robert H RV6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05612L2), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Attaway Robert H RV6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=05612L2), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot was practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings when he turned too early onto the base leg of the traffic pattern and had to make a steep approach to the runway. Upon touchdown, the airplane porpoised several times, causing the nose gear to collapse. The airplane flipped over and departed the side of the runway, causing substantial damage.

## Factual narrative

The private pilot was practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings when he turned too early on the base leg and had to make a steep approach to the runway. Upon touchdown, the airplane porpoised several times and the nose gear collapsed. The airplane flipped over and went off the side of the runway.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N675RE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N675RE-2017-10-26), registration cancelled 2017-10-26, S/N 60113, built 2002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ATTAWAY ROBERT H RV6A
- Registry model: [Attaway Robert H RV6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/attaway-robert-h-rv6a) (registry code 05612L2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (registry code 41575, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 60113
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Macdougald James A
- Registered owner: Macdougald James A
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: KFLY, Colorado Springs, CO
- Destination: KFLY, Colorado Springs, CO
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: KFLY, Meadowlake Airport, runway 15

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 83; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea; medical: class 3; flight hours: 5,500 total, 800 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20110805016119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110805016119A), Aug 5, 2011: Attaway Robert H RV6A, Falcon, CO, Substantial damage. On 8/5/2011 at appx 1016 am, N675RE, a vans RV-6, sustained substantial damage upon landing on runway 15 at kfly (Meadowlake Airport, Falcon, colo). One person…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 28, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81402. 86 KB in all.

- Record of Conversation with Pilot (item 1, .PDF, 18 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40354102&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20with%20Pilot-Redacted.PDF
- Witness Statement (item 2, .PDF, 68 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40354149&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Witness%20Statement-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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