Van's RV-12 N4754
28 March 2025 · Chesterfield, Virginia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 March 2025 at about 18:20 local time, a Van's RV-12 registered N4754 was involved in an accident near Chesterfield, Virginia, 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 18:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Richmond Exec/Chesterfield Cou (FCI)
- Coordinates
- 37.4070, -77.5247
- Aircraft
- Van's RV-12
- Registration
- N4754
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2017
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA25LA191
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and the collapse of the nose landing gear.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings in the airport traffic pattern and reported that he was slightly high on final approach and added power to reach the runway threshold. As he began the flare, a gust of wind struck the airplane and it yawed to the right. He applied left rudder to correct, but the descent rate remained high, and the airplane touched down hard on the right main landing gear and bounced. After regaining control, he completed the landing. During the landing rollout, he described feeling a vibration and hearing a scraping noise, which led him to believe the nose landing gear had collapsed. The airplane subsequently came to reset and a postimpact fire ignited inside the engine cowling. Airport personnel extinguished the fire shortly thereafter. The airplane’s fuselage was substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane’s flight controls that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2025 | Van's RV-12 | Abingdon, Virginia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
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| 6 Jun 2024 | Van's RV-12 | Auburn, Washington, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 26 Oct 2023 | Van's RV-12 | Novato, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Sep 2023 | Van's RV-12 | Crystal, Minnesota, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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