# NTSB CEN14CA348: Zach Vans RV-6A, N996AZ, Wayne, NE, June 21, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 21, 2014, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Wayne, NE - Coordinates: 42.241664, -96.982223 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2417&lon=-96.9822&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report August 14, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 89629 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14CA348 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89629/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89629 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA348 ## Probable cause The pilot became distracted and landed short of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the hole in the ground. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Attention/monitoring: attention](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Zach Dave RV-6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510/cases.md?model=05607KU), [All aircraft, 226 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Zach Dave RV-6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=05607KU), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Terrain: rough terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Zach Dave RV-6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015/cases.md?model=05607KU), [All aircraft, 442 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015/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: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Zach Dave RV-6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=05607KU), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis When the airplane turned onto final approach for runway 13, the pilot noticed two rows of round cornstalk bales in front of him and this became a distraction. The airplane touched down short of the runway and after rolling about 50 feet, the nose wheel hit a hole in the ground and the airplane nosed over, buckling the firewall. The ground was soft from a previous rainfall. ## Factual narrative The pilot said that when he turned onto final approach for runway 13, he noticed two rows of round cornstalk bales in front of him and this became a distraction. The airplane touched down short of the runway and after rolling about 50 feet, the nose wheel hit a hole in the ground and the airplane nosed over.A Federal Aviation Administration inspector who went to the scene said the ground was soft from a previous rainfall. His examination of the airplane revealed the firewall was buckled. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N996AZ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N996AZ-2018-02-28), registration cancelled 2018-02-28, S/N 23673, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: ZACH VANS RV-6A - Registry model: [Zach Dave RV-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/zach-dave-rv-6a) (registry code 05607KU) (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: 23673 - Year built: 1999 - Airframe hours: 789 - Engines: LYCOMING 0-320-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Zach Propane Service, Inc - Registered owner: Zach Propane Service, Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, November 20, 2013, 13 hours before - Departed: Y14, Tea, SD - Destination: KLCG, Wayne, NE - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: KLCG, Wayne Muni/Stan Morris Field, runway 13, 3,400 × 75 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 66; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; last flight review June 7, 2013; seat: front; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 910 total, 789 in this make and model, 850 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 160° at 12 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 29.77 inHg - Observed at: KOFK, 25 nm away ## 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 20140621009399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140621009399A), Jun 21, 2014: Zach Dave RV-6A, Wayne, NE, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that due to the wind direction he opted to land on rwy 13, grass strip at the Wayne, NE airport. Pilot touched down short of the grass strip rwy… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 7, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89629. 550 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 378 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40414787&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Weather Report (item 2, .PDF, 50 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40414788&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Report-Master.PDF - Photo 1. Accident Site (item 3, .PDF, 122 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40414789&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201.%20Accident%20Site-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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