- Date
- June 30, 2004, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Palmyra, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N43MPPeck Vans RV-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040630013609A
- Case key
- 59764
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed resulting in the inadvertent stall during the go-around. The overload failure of the left main landing gear was a contributing factor.
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 during an attempted go-around. The pilot reported that during the go-around, the airplane stalled. The airplane subsequently struck the ground, the left landing gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over. The pilot reported no mechanical difficulties.
Factual narrative
On June 30, 2004, about 1230 central daylight time, an amateur-built Peck Vans RV-4, N43MP, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged during an attempted go-around from runway 27 (2,800 feet by 200 feet, turf), at the Palmyra Municipal Airport, Palmyra, Wisconsin. The airplane struck the ground, the left landing gear failed and the airplane nosed over. The pilot and his passenger were not injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from Springfield Illinois about 1100.
In a written report, the pilot stated that the wind direction was variable and that his ground speed appeared to be too fast. He stated that he elected to perform a go-around and stalled. He listed no mechanical deficiencies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43MP
- Reported as
- Peck Vans RV-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 215
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steve Massman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Springfield, IL
- Destination
- 88C · Palmyra, WI
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
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2003
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.