# NTSB CEN13CA569: Rans RV 12, N817RV, Hatley, WI, September 29, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 29, 2013, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Hatley, WI
- Coordinates: 44.88034, -89.33036 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8803&lon=-89.3304&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: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 2, 2013
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88164
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13CA569
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88164/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88164
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA569

## Probable cause

The pilot did not maintain control of the airplane while landing with a crosswind.

## Findings

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

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Vans RV-12, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=0690009), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Vans RV-12, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021000/cases.md?model=0690009), [All aircraft, 267 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021000/cases.md)
- [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Vans RV-12, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=0690009), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/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: [Vans RV-12, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md?model=0690009), [All aircraft, 201 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Vans RV-12, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=0690009), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

During the landing flare to a private field, the airplane encountered a crosswind from the southwest. The wind pushed the airplane to the north and the airplane landed prematurely on a high berm located to the north of the runway. The landing gear collapsed and the airplane was damaged by the postimpact fire. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

During the landing flare to a private field, the airplane encountered a crosswind from the southwest. The wind pushed the airplane to the north and the airplane landed prematurely on a high berm located to the north of the runway. The landing gear collapsed and the airplane was damaged by the postimpact fire. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N817RV](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N817RV-2018-03-06), registration cancelled 2018-03-06, S/N 120490 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RANS RV 12
- Registry model: [Vans RV-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/vans-rv-12) (registry code 060009Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 120490
- Engines: Rotax 915 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James Kleman
- Registered owner: James Kleman
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, July 27, 2013, 34 hours before
- Departed: KRRL, Merrill, WI
- Destination: Hatley, WI
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot; flight hours: 333 total, 27 in this make and model, 287 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 1.5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: KAUW

## 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 20130929018989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130929018989A), Sep 29, 2013: Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, Hatley, WI, Destroyed. On September 29, 2013, at 1406 local time a rv -12 N817RV made 3 attempts to land at a private air strip. The sport pilot [privacy data omitted] was having…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 14, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88164. 314 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 314 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40402856&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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