# NTSB CHI94LA259: Stugart Vans RV-6, N29PT, Carthage, MO, August 1, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1994, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Carthage, MO
- Coordinates: 37.159572, -94.310073 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1596&lon=-94.3101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 19, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9620
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA259
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9620/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA259

## Probable cause

failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during landing and unsuitable terrain encountered during the landing roll.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - encountered, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON LANDING AT THE MEYERS AIR PARK, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI.  THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED IN THE GRASS PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY.  DURING LANDING ROLL, IN THE GRASS, THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED AN AREA WHICH HAD BEEN PLOWED, AND NOSED OVER.

## Factual narrative

On August 1, 1994, at 1300 central daylight time, a Stuart RV-6, N29PT, crashed while landing at the Myers Memorial Air Park, Carthage, Missouri.  The airplane was substantially damaged.  The commercial pilot and the single passenger on the airplane were not injured.  The personal flight originated at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at 1000.  No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.

The pilot reported the aircraft bounced on landing, on the runway, and came down in the grass to the left of the runway.  During landing roll in the grass, he said the airplane encountered an area which was plowed, and nosed over.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29PT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29PT-2005-01-31), registration cancelled 2005-01-31, S/N 20033, built 1991 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STUGART VANS RV-6
- Registry model: [Stugart Jim W VANS RV-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stugart-jim-w-vans-rv-6a) (registry code 05608MT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 20033
- Airframe hours: 300
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James W. Stugart
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, December 15, 1993, 50 hours before
- Departed: OSH, OSHKOSH, WI
- Airport: H20, Meyers Park Airport, runway 21, 3,120 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,468 total, 320 in this make and model, 2,300 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 24 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JLN, 10 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 19940801048349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940801048349A), Aug 1, 1994: Amtr RV6, Carthage, MO, Substantial damage. High on approach. Made turns to lose altitude. Right wing hit ground. Aircraft cartwheeled and nosed over.

## Other investigations on N29PT (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN03FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA114), Jun 28, 2003: Stugart Vans RV-6A (N29PT), Fort Collins, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's improper preflight planning/decision resulting in the fuel selector positioned improperly and fuel starvation, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed. A factor contributing 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.

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