- Date
- May 23, 1992, 12:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N116DCDonald E. Crocker RV-6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920523016039A
- Case key
- 41682
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Probable cause
An improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in an aerodynamics stall.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At the end of a cross country flight, the airplane entered the pattern for right hand traffic. While on final approach, just prior to landing, the airplane stalled and dropped to the runway from approximately 10 feet. The airplane bounced and became airborne. The pilot applied full power and the airplane climbed to approximately 60 to 80 feet, in a nose high attitude, when the left wing dropped and the airplane descended to the runway. The pilot was able to level the wings before contacting the runway. After touch down, the airplane veered to the left off the runway, travelled through a fence, down an embankment, and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N116DC
- Reported as
- Donald E. Crocker RV-6
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 20298
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald E. Crocker
- Registered owner
- Donald E. Crocker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1992 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Airport
- 0S6 · Clark Co., runway 25, 2,800 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 708 total · 83 in this make and model · 588 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.