- Date
- November 4, 2016, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eureka, KS
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N207HWHaring Clay RV6
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20161104023309A
- Case key
- 94349
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of a recently purchased tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, following two go-arounds and during the landing roll, the airplane veered to the left. The pilot further reported that he attempted to abort the landing but was unsuccessful. The airplane continued and veered off the runway. During the runway excursion, the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot of a recently purchased tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that following two go-arounds, during the landing roll, the airplane veered to the left. The pilot further reported that he attempted to abort the landing, but was unsuccessful. The airplane continued and veered off the runway. During the runway excursion, the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N207HW
- Reported as
- Haring Clay RV6 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 24317
- Built
- 2009
- Airframe hours
- 56
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · March 8, 2016
- Departed
- SLN · Salina, KS
- Destination
- 13K · Eureka, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 13K · Lt William M Milliken, runway 18, 3,504 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 4, 2016
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 350.7 total · 10 in this make and model · 337.1 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1.7 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.45 inHg
- Observed at
- KEMP, 29 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 9, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.