- Date
- July 8, 2004, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Cascade, ID
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16JAAmmeter RV-6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040708013999A
- Case key
- 59591
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and his failure to maintain directional control. Factors contributing to the accident are rough/uneven terrain.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that the airplane touched down "slightly" left of centerline and bounced. Subsequent to the bounced landing, the airplane drifted to the left and exited the runway edge. In an effort to steer the airplane back onto the runway the pilot applied right rudder and power, however, during the maneuver the airplane encountered rough/uneven terrain and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On July 8, 2004, at 1040 mountain daylight time, an Ammeter RV-6, N16JA, sustained substantial damage during landing at the Cascade Airport, Cascade, Idaho. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The private pilot and passenger aboard the two-seat airplane sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Susanville, California, (SVE) approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes prior to the accident.
In a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board, dated July 14, the pilot stated the airplane touched down "slightly" left of centerline and bounced. Subsequent to the bounced landing, the airplane drifted to the left and exited the runway edge. In an effort to steer the airplane back onto the runway the pilot applied right rudder and power, however, during the maneuver the airplane encountered rough/uneven terrain and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16JA
- Reported as
- Ammeter RV-6
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 20094
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Randolph V. Reyes
- Registered owner
- John Thomason
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- SVE · Susanville, CA
- Destination
- U70 · Cascade, ID
- Airport
- U70 · Cascade, runway 30
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 141 total · 26 in this make and model · 141 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.