- Date
- May 11, 2024, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Linn Grove, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N932JTVans RV9
- Defining event
- Landing: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20240511008969A
- Case key
- 194251
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s mismanagement of the airplane’s approach resulting in a collision with terrain.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
While approaching the private grass strip to land, the airplane collided with slightly higher terrain. The pilot reported that he had lined up with the grass strip and the airplane developed a sink rate. He increased the throttle control, however the airplane still settled and landed short in a field. In a telephone conversation with the pilot, he reported that he added power but that it was too late. In addition, prior to the day of the accident, the airplane had not flown for about 2 years. The pilot had flown the airplane for a short flight before returning to pick up the passenger for the accident flight. Examination of the airplane by the responding Federal Aviation Administration inspectors did not identify any mechanical malfunctions. The pilot did not have a current flight review and the airplane did not have a current inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N932JT
- Reported as
- Vans RV9 (A)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 90312
- Built
- 2011
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- Private grass strip
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 76
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 450 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- KSLB, 16 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KSLB 111655Z AUTO 27010KT 10SM CLR 22/05 A2993 RMK AO2=
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 4, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.