- Date
- June 1, 2024, 11:41 local (18:41 UTC)
- Place
- Snohomish, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90VTThomas J Spencer RV-10
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing area overshoot
- 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
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20240601007639A
- Case key
- 194377
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point during landing with a tailwind which resulted in a runway overrun.
Findings · 3
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 of the airplane reported that, while on final approach to the runway, the wind shifted, causing him to land with a tailwind. The pilot realized that he wouldn’t be able to stop the airplane on the runway, but believed the fence at the end of the runway prevented him from safely performing a go-around. The airplane overran the departure end of the runway, striking the fence and an occupied vehicle before impacting terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90VT
- Reported as
- Thomas J Spencer RV-10
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 41675
- Built
- 2019
- Airframe hours
- 303
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · October 24, 2023
- Departed
- 1W1 · Camas, WA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- S43 · Harvey Field Airport, runway 15L, 2,672 × 36 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator
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
- 78
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 3, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 1,408 total · 288 in this make and model · 1,348 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- KPAE, 7 nm away
- METAR
- KPAE 011853Z 00000KT 10SM FEW070 OVC090 16/09 A2996 RMK AO2 RAE05B30E46 SLP146 P0000 T01560094
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 25, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.