Justice Frank K VANS RV-6A N7FJ

Summary

On 9 May 2022 at about 15:00 local time, a Justice Frank K VANS RV-6A registered N7FJ was involved in an accident near Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 May 2022 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Hendersonville Airport (0A7)

Coordinates

35.3063, -82.4310

Aircraft

Justice Frank K VANS RV-6A

Registration

N7FJ

Category

Airplane

Year built

1997

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lancaster → Hendersonville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA22LA232

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot’s failure to go-around during an unstable approach, which resulted in a hard landing, runway excursion, and nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that following a normal approach to landing, about 20 ft above the runway he encountered a “slight tail wind.” He reported that at this point, “I should have gone around” but he believed the landing was salvageable. Subsequently, the airplane touched down hard, and he maneuvered the airplane off the runway into grass where the airplane nosed over. The empennage and fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.