ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295757
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| Date: | Saturday 7 June 2003 |
| Time: | 09:00 LT |
| Type: |  Van's RV-8 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N888GK |
| MSN: | 80006 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 130 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Crawford, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lancaster Regional Airport, TX (KLNC) |
| Crawford, TX (31TX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that while on final approach for runway 17, a 1,900 foot long by 120-foot wide grass runway, he stabilized the aircraft at 65 knots, aiming to touch down approximately one third of the way down the runway. The aircraft "floated slightly, then skipped before settling on the ground." The pilot stated the aircraft "touched down longer than he intended, and the aircraft was not slowed sufficiently to stop at the end of the runway." The pilot further stated that he "applied full left ruder (and tailwheel steering) to intentionally ground loop the airplane rather than go into a ditch at the end of the runway." Subsequently, the aircraft nosed over coming to rest in the inverted position.
Probable Cause: The pilot's intentional ground looping of the airplane. A contributing factor was the pilot's improper in-flight planning resulting in an improper selection of a touchdown point.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW03LA169
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 2010 | N888GK | Private | 0 | Yadkinville, North Carolina | |
sub |
| Heavy landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 12:29 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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