- Date
- November 19, 2002, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Belton, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94KTA Pair of Jacks RV-6A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Kansas City, MO-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20021119034929A
- Case key
- 56117
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Probable cause
The punctured nose landing gear tire.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was damaged when it nosed over during landing on a private airstrip. The pilot reported that he landed normally, but the airpplane's nose landing gear dug into the turf runway and the airplane subsequently nosed over. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the nose gear tire was flat due to a nail puncture.
Factual narrative
On November 19, 2002, about 1400 central standard time, an amateur-built RV-6A, N94KT, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing on the owner's private airstrip near Belton, Missouri. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, received minor injuries. The flight departed from Phillip Billird Municipal Airport, Topeka, Kansas, at 1343.
In his written report, the pilot said that he landed normally, but the airpplane's nose landing gear dug into the turf runway and the airplane subsequently nosed over.
A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the nose gear tire was flat due to a nail puncture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94KT
- Reported as
- A Pair of Jacks RV-6A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 22330
- Airframe hours
- 395
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Longview Fine Motor Cars, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · October 10, 2002 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- TOP · Topeka, KS
- Destination
- Belton, MO
- Airport
- runway 18, 1,800 × 30 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- November 19, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total · 200 in this make and model · 2,700 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- KOJC, 16 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.