- Date
- May 23, 2022, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Prineville, OR · OG21 Airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N811RFFrazier Robert L RV-6A
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Case key
- 105118
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a bounced landing and loss of directional control.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, the airplane bounced while landing with a crosswind from the right. The airplane subsequently drifted left, exited the paved runway and collided with a tree. The fuselage and left wing were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N811RF
- Reported as
- Frazier Robert L RV-6A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 22069
- Built
- 1999
- Airframe hours
- 1,447
- Engine
- Lycoming U320 E2A, 150 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Experimental (Special); Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Condition · January 5, 2022
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- S39 · Dry Creek Airpark OG21, runway 25, 3,000 × 35 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Auto-pilot
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
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 25, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 33 in this make and model · 245 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- S31, 7 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 4, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.5 MB in all.