Tarantola Leonard RV-6A N164LT
5 March 2010 · Onalaska, Washington, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 March 2010 at about 23:30 local time, a Tarantola Leonard RV-6A registered N164LT, operated by Decker Richard A, was involved in an accident near Onalaska, Washington, United States. One person was 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 23:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Onalaska, Washington, United States
- Nearest airport
- Onalaska - Private (PVT)
- Coordinates
- 46.5692, -122.6183
- Aircraft
- Tarantola Leonard RV-6A
- Registration
- N164LT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Decker Richard A
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Chehalis → Onalaska
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR10CA151
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's bounced landing on a soft turf runway, resulting in a collapsed nose landing gear.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that he was landing the airplane at a privately-owned grass airstrip. He stated that the airplane bounced on landing and that during the rollout the nosewheel "clogged" with dirt, dug into the soft dirt, then collapsed rearward. The airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane prior to the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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