# NTSB CEN25LA257: Van's RV-6, N69NB, New Richmond, WI, July 17, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: July 17, 2025, 07:05 local (12:05 UTC)
- Place: New Richmond, WI
- Coordinates: 45.139636, -92.540448 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1396&lon=-92.5404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Minneapolis FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200564
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA257
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200564/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200564
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA257

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed and altitude during the approach which resulted in a runway overshoot and subsequent landing in a lake. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s delayed remedial action to abort the landing.

## 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: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05611R3), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=05611R3), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: configuration](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062017): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062017/cases.md?model=05611R3), [All aircraft, 80 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062017/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: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=05611R3), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md)
- [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=05611R3), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=05611R3), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=05611R3), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=05611R3), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=05611R3), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Ditching](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441); cases with it: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md?model=05611R3), [All aircraft, 186 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md)
- [Post-impact: Evacuation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460); cases with it: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460/sequence.md?model=05611R3), [All aircraft, 103 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460/sequence.md)

## Analysis

During the approach to the turf runway, the pilot noticed the airplane was “high and a little fast” but she thought she could correct the altitude and the airspeed. The airplane “floated down” the runway and she realized the airplane would not be able to land in the remaining runway available, so she raised the flaps. The airplane flew over the remaining runway available, landed in a lake near the departure end of the runway, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot further reported that the accident could have been prevented by advancing the throttle before raising the flaps and aborting the landing before flaring when she realized the airplane was too fast on the approach.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69NB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69NB), registered now, S/N 21084 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Van's Aircraft RV-6 (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Jantzi Terrance RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/jantzi-terrance-rv-6) (registry code 05611R3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 21084
- Year built: 1995
- Airframe hours: 2528
- Engines: Lycoming Engines O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 11, 2024, 52 hours before
- Departed: 1MN8, Webster, MN
- Destination: RNH, New Richmond, WI
- Airport: RNH, New Richmond Rgnl, runway 04/22, 2,006 × 75 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 31, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 2,016 total, 1,419 in this make and model, 1,902 as pilot in command, 39 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.15 inHg
- Observed at: KRNH, 1 nm away
- METAR: KRNH 171150Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/10 A3015 RMK AO2 70030 T01020101 10115 20088

## 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 20250717008689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250717008689A), Jul 17, 2025: Jantzi Terrance RV-6, New Richmond, WI, Substantial damage. On July 17, 2025, the pilot was approaching the airport. On final to RUNWAY22, a turf runway, the pilot noted the approach appeared to be high and a little…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 5, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200564. 3.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19093875&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120_1_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 6 pages, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19094556&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf
- Airport manager - airplane recovery information (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19094952&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN25LA257%20Airport%20Manager%20MOR-Rel.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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