Van's VANS RV 8 N130JK

Summary

On 24 January 2020 at about 19:15 local time, a Van's VANS RV 8 registered N130JK was involved in an accident near Fernandina Beach, Florida, 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.

Date

24 January 2020 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Fernandina Beach Muni (FHB)

Coordinates

30.6119, -81.4611

Aircraft

Van's VANS RV 8

Registration

N130JK

Category

Airplane

Year built

2001

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fernandina Beach → Fernandina Beach

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA20CA087

Nobody was injured.

The pilot receiving instruction’s loss of directional control on landing with a crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion and the left main landing gear collapsing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot had recently purchased the tailwheel-equipped airplane and was receiving flight instruction in it toward a tailwheel endorsement. He had previously completed two successful landings. During the third landing with a 12- to 14-knot right crosswind and just as the tailwheel was about to settle onto the runway, the airplane began to veer right. The pilot and flight instructor attempted to compensate by applying full left rudder, but the airplane continued off the right side of the runway into grass. The left main landing gear collapsed; the left wing struck the ground, substantially damaging it; and the airplane then came to rest. The pilot and instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation nor did a Federal Aviation Administration inspector's postaccident examination of the airplane find any.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.