# NTSB MIA07CA051: Van's RV7A, N938JF, Green Cove, FL, February 20, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: February 20, 2007, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC) - Place: Green Cove, FL - Coordinates: 29.900554, -81.684997 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9006&lon=-81.6850&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report April 25, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 65325 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA07CA051 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65325/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA051 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to avoid a stall during the final approach to land, resulting in an in-flight loss of control, a hard landing, and a nose over. Factors associated with the accident are an inadvertent stall, and the pilot's improper use of the propeller pitch control. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor) - propeller - improper use of, pilot in command (contributing factor) - Hard landing, descent - uncontrolled - Nose over, descent - uncontrolled - terrain condition - runway ## Analysis The pilot stated that he departed the Haller Airpark for a local flight. The flight was 25 minutes in duration. On approach to runway 18, he came in short, and was trying to extend his glide path to clear an asphalt road that had been laid the week prior. He added engine power, but did not have enough power to clear the road, and stalled the airplane at the approach end of the runway. The airplane subsequently hit hard, bounced, and landed on the nose wheel, causing the airplane to flip over. After the accident, he recalled that he had forgotten to advance the propeller pitch control, leaving him with, "not enough power to land." The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident. ## Factual narrative The pilot stated that he departed the Haller Airpark for a local flight. The flight was 25 minutes in duration. On approach to runway 18, he came in short, and was trying to extend his glide path to clear an asphalt road that had been laid the week prior. He added engine power, but did not have enough power to clear the road, and stalled the airplane at the approach end of the runway. The airplane subsequently hit hard, bounced, and landed on the nose wheel, causing the airplane to flip over. After the accident, he recalled that he had forgotten to advance the propeller pitch control, leaving him with, "not enough power to land." The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: N938JF (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: Van's Aircraft, Inc RV7A - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 71994 - Engines: Superior IO-360-BIA2 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: William J Fuller - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: 7FL4, Green Cove, FL - Destination: 7FL4 - Airport: 7FL4, Haller Airpark, runway 18, 2,600 × 72 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 68; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 150 total, 8 in this make and model, 90 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 32 °F - Altimeter: 30.26 inHg - Observed at: KJAX, 36 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 20070220003679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070220003679A), Feb 20, 2007: Amtr RV7A, Green Cove Spri, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Landing at private airpark, during phase 1 of amatuer built test flight at Green Cove springs, FL, a/c touched down before new access road, pilot… 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.