# NTSB CHI03LA026: A Pair of Jacks RV-6A, N94KT, Belton, MO, November 19, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 19, 2002, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Belton, MO
- Coordinates: 38.809246, -94.5307 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8092&lon=-94.5307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 25, 2003
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA-Kansas City, MO-FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 56117
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI03LA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/56117/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA026

## Probable cause

The punctured nose landing gear tire.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing
  - landing gear,tire - punctured (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: A Pair of Jacks RV-6A
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 22330
- Airframe hours: 395
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 68; injuries: minor; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20021119034929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021119034929A), Nov 19, 2002: Amtr RV6A, Kansascity, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) The initial touchdown point at the pic's private dirt strip, as evidenced by the front section of the nose-wheel fairing lying nearby, was close to the…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.