Terrell Caragol RV-7 N209MT
22 February 2010 · Oregon City, Oregon, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 February 2010 at about 22:15 local time, a Terrell Caragol RV-7 registered N209MT, operated by Anthony Caragol, was involved in an accident near Oregon City, Oregon, 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 22:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Oregon City, Oregon, United States
- Nearest airport
- Aeroacres (OG30)
- Coordinates
- 45.3164, -122.6053
- Aircraft
- Terrell Caragol RV-7
- Registration
- N209MT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Anthony Caragol
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Hubbard → Oregon City
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR10CA145
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that he was landing at a 1,800-foot-long grass airstrip. The pilot flared the airplane approximately one-fourth of the way down the runway, the airplane bounced, and he added power to soften the second touchdown. The pilot felt that a go-around was too dangerous so he applied the brakes. Just as the airplane came to a stop, it slid into a ditch at the end of the runway. The pilot and a friend built the airplane and he had flown about 10 hours in it. He stated that he should have been more familiar with the short-field landing characteristics of this particular airplane. He had been into the airstrip numerous times in his other airplane of the same make/model, but the previous airplane was equipped with a constant speed propeller and seemed to float less down the runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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