# NTSB NYC06CA199: Stampe SV-4C, N81RG, Taneytown, MD, August 9, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 9, 2006, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Taneytown, MD
- Coordinates: 39.636112, -77.122497
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6361&lon=-77.1225&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA Baltimore FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64307
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA199
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64307/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA199

## Probable cause

The collapse of the right main landing gear for an undetermined reason.

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined

## Analysis

The Stampe SV-4C was on approach to land on a 1,700-foot-long, turf runway.  The pilot reported that the right main landing gear collapsed during touchdown.  The airplane skidded on the grass for about 100 feet, and then nosed over.  Examination of the airplane did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions; nor did the pilot report any.  The pilot reported 2,133 hours of total flight experience, which included about 49 hours in the same make and model as the accident airplane.  The pilot reported that the winds were calm at the time of the accident.

## Factual narrative

The Stampe SV-4C was on approach to land on a 1,700-foot-long, turf runway.  The pilot reported that the right main landing gear collapsed during touchdown.  The airplane skidded on the grass for about 100 feet, and then nosed over.  Examination of the airplane did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions; nor did the pilot report any.  The pilot reported 2,133 hours of total flight experience, which included about 49 hours in the same make and model as the accident airplane.  The pilot reported that the winds were calm at the time of the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81RG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81RG), registered now, S/N 1089, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Stampe SV-4C
- Registry model: [Stampe ET Renard SV-4C](https://openairdocs.org/model/stampe-et-renard-sv-4c) (registry code 8470103) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1089
- Airframe hours: 1110
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Paul W. Blackman
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 2006, 30 hours before
- Departed: DMW, Westminster, MD
- Destination: MD20, Taneytown, MD
- Airport: MD20, Greer, runway 30, 1,700 × 40 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 1, 2005; seat: rear; flight hours: 2,133 total, 49 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.19 inHg
- Observed at: FDK, 18 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 20060809023399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060809023399A), Aug 9, 2006: Stampe SV4C, Taneytown, MD, Substantial damage. (-23) On 08/09/2006 the pilot [privacy data omitted], a private pilot, was acting as pilot in command of N81RG, a SV-4C Stampe et renard aircraft, when he made…

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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