Newell RV-6A N16TN
16 July 2004 · San Jose, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 July 2004 at about 23:58 local time, a Newell RV-6A registered N16TN was involved in an accident near San Jose, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:58
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Reid Hill View Airport (RHV)
- Coordinates
- 37.3328, -121.8197
- Aircraft
- Newell RV-6A
- Registration
- N16TN
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- San Luis Obispo → Hayward
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX04LA269
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's distance/speed during a precautionary landing, which resulted in the airplane overrunning the runway. Contributing factors were failure of an oil line, and the fence.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane impacted an airport perimeter fence after the pilot landed long during a precautionary landing. The airplane was in cruise flight when the pilot noticed a loss of oil pressure and an increase in oil temperature. He assumed the engine was losing or had lost its oil and elected to make a precautionary landing at a nearby airport. The pilot reported he landed long and could not stop the airplane prior to the end of the 3,101-foot runway. Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed the oil line, from the oil cooler to the engine, failed. The pilot indicated the line was not an aircraft quality line.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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