# NTSB ERA25LA038: Deneal Daniel W Vans RV6A, N256GD, Taylorsville, KY, November 3, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: November 3, 2024, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Taylorsville, KY
- Coordinates: 38.118848, -85.333024 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1188&lon=-85.3330&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195441
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195441/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195441
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA038

## Probable cause

A nose landing gear collapse following a bounced landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [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: [Deneal Daniel W VANS RV6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=05614FO), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Deneal Daniel W VANS RV6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05614FO), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Deneal Daniel W VANS RV6A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=05614FO), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot landed the airplane on a grass runway and during the landing roll, he hit a known “swell” in the runway surface resulting in a bounce. During the subsequent touchdown the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage and an engine mount was broken. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N256GD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N256GD), registered now, S/N 23639, built 2003 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DENEAL DANIEL W VANS RV6A
- Registry model: [Deneal Daniel W VANS RV6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/deneal-daniel-w-vans-rv6a) (registry code 05614FO) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 23639
- Year built: 2003
- Airframe hours: 467.3
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, August 23, 2024
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: 58KY, Willow Island Airpark, runway 11, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 76; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 437 total, 194 in this make and model, 375 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Turbulence: Moderate
- Observed at: LOU, 17 nm away
- METAR: KLOU 031953Z 14006KT 10SM CLR 25/14 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP185

## 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 20241103018659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241103018659A), Nov 3, 2024: Deneal Daniel W VANS RV6A, Taylorsville, KY, Substantial damage. While attempting to land on runway 11 at Willow Island airport (58KY), a private airstrip, on 11/4/2024 at aproximately 1440 EST. A vans RV6A experimental…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 21, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195441. 1.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17902261&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1_Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 74 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17901791&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20Pilot%20Interview-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 403 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17902032&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-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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