ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199525
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 October 2016 |
| Time: | 13:36 |
| Type: |  Van's RV-6A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N686RM |
| MSN: | 20686 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 52 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bell, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bell, FL (37FL) |
| Bell, FL (37FL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot/owner was landing at his home airport with a 60°, 10-knot crosswind that was gusting to 14 knots. The pilot stated the wind was "a little gusty" at the time and that the airplane was "right at stall speed" at touchdown. The airplane touched down on the right main landing gear (MLG) and then the left MLG before the pilot lowered the nose landing gear (NLG). He said that, when the NLG touched down, the airplane bounced into a very nose-high attitude, so he "pushed the nose over," and the propeller struck the ground, the airplane nosed over, and it then came to rest inverted. The pilot was seriously injured, and the airframe sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and vertical stabilizer. According to the pilot/owner, the performance and handling of the airplane on the day of the accident was "fine; you couldn't ask for a better airplane."
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for gusting crosswinds, which resulted in a bounced landing and nose-over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Sep-2017 19:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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