Pilot Debrief

ROBERTS BRUCE W VANS AIRCRAFT RV 9A near Land O' Lakes, WI — 2015-07-19

Final reportCEN15LA351
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Date
2015-07-19
Location
Land O' Lakes, WI, USA
Airport
LNL
Aircraft
ROBERTS BRUCE W VANS AIRCRAFT RV 9A
Registration
N142DD
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
Minor
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper descent rate, which resulted in a hard landing.

NTSB narrative

The pilot and passenger were landing on a grass strip when the airplane landed hard and bounced twice. The nose gear fork embedded in the grass surface, the nose gear collapsed, and the propeller lodged in the soil. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and main spar. Although the pilot thought that the airplane had hit an uneven surface during landing that caused the gear to collapse, an examination of the grass runway did not reveal any irregularities in the surface of the area of the nose gear collapse.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

  • 2 docket documents
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Docket documents2

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