ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237111
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 June 2020 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Van's RV-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1407W |
| MSN: | 60382 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 416 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN/KCVN), Clovis, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | New Braunfels Regional Airport, TX (KBAZ) |
| Clovis Municipal Airport, NM (CVN/KCVN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the landing, the airplane floated down the runway in an unusually nose high attitude. The pilot responded by abruptly lowering the nose of the airplane, and the airplane landed hard and bounced. He then increased and decreased the engine power setting and the airplane touched down hard again. The right main landing gear collapsed, and the airplane exited the runway to the left before it came to rest upright in a grass field. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts and truss. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. He also reported that following the accident, he calculated the weight of the baggage and determined that the airplane's center of gravity was at the aft limit.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a hard, bounced landing, and subsequent runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the airplane's aft center of gravity at the time of the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N1407W
NTSB WPR20CA185
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2020 01:13 | Geno | Added |
| 19-Jun-2020 01:14 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Jun-2020 07:13 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Mar-2021 09:47 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 26-Mar-2021 09:50 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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