# NTSB WPR10CA145: Terrell Caragol RV-7, N209MT, Oregon City, OR, February 22, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: February 22, 2010, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC) - Place: Oregon City, OR - Coordinates: 45.316387, -122.605278 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3164&lon=-122.6053&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 17, 2010 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 75396 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR10CA145 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75396/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75396 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA145 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Terrain: rough terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Terrell M A /Caragol A J RV 7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015/cases.md?model=05629H8), [All aircraft, 442 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Terrell M A /Caragol A J RV 7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=05629H8), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Terrell M A /Caragol A J RV 7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05629H8), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Terrell M A /Caragol A J RV 7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=05629H8), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Terrell M A /Caragol A J RV 7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=05629H8), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Terrell M A /Caragol A J RV 7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05629H8), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that he was landing at a 1,800-foot-long grass airstrip. The pilot flared the airplane approximately one-fourth of the way down the runway, the airplane bounced, and he added power to soften the second touchdown. The pilot felt that a go-around was too dangerous so he applied the brakes. Just as the airplane came to a stop, it slid into a ditch at the end of the runway. The pilot and a friend built the airplane and he had flown about 10 hours in it. He stated that he should have been more familiar with the short-field landing characteristics of this particular airplane. He had been into the airstrip numerous times in his other airplane of the same make/model, but the previous airplane was equipped with a constant speed propeller and seemed to float less down the runway. ## Factual narrative The pilot submitted a written statement. He indicated that he was landing at a 1,800-foot long grass airstrip. The pilot flared the airplane approximately one-fourth of the way down the runway, the airplane bounced, and he added power to soften the second touchdown. The pilot felt that a go-around was too dangerous so he applied the brakes. Just as the airplane came to a stop, it slid into a ditch at the end of the runway. The pilot and a friend built the airplane and he had flown about 10 hours in it. He stated that he should have been more familiar with the short-field landing characteristics of this particular airplane. He had been into the airstrip numerous times in his other airplane of the same make/model, but the previous airplane was equipped with a constant speed propeller and seemed to float less down the runway. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N209MT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N209MT), registered now, S/N 71202, built 2009 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Terrell Caragol RV-7 - Registry model: [Terrell M A /Caragol A J RV 7](https://openairdocs.org/model/terrell-m-a-caragol-a-j-rv-7) (registry code 05629H8) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O-360-A1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (registry code 41594, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 71202 - Engines: Textron Lycoming IO-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Anthony Caragol - Registered owner: Michael Terrell and Anthony Caragol - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: 7S9, Hubbard, OR - Destination: OG30, Oregon City, OR - Airport: OG30, Aeroacres, runway 04, 1,800 × 250 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 68; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 13, 2008; seat: left; flight hours: 603 total, 115 in this make and model, 445 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 23 °F - Altimeter: 30.14 inHg - Observed at: UAO, 8 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 20100222027879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100222027879A), Feb 22, 2010: Terrell M A RV 7, Oregon City, OR, Substantial damage. Pilot landed on runway 04 at Aeroacres Airport OG30. This is a grass strip 1800 ft which was recently mowed and in good condition. Pilot reported he landed… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 5, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75396. 1.2 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 904 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40326445&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Photo 1. Left Wing Leading Edge (Provided by FAA) (item 2, .PDF, 259 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40326447&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201.%20Left%20Wing%20Leading%20Edge%20(Provided%20by%20FAA)-Master.PDF 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. 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