RV7A - Final Report - N65RW

[A2022]

well, anytime you get off into the grass upon landing, all bets are off. 60ft wide runway. always upon landing, put it on the centerline and hold it there even if the runway is 150ft wide, because one day it will be much less. keep the brakes in perfect condition on these RV's. I liked the paint scheme. the paint on the tail was a considerable effort.

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/423230

The aircraft, an Experimental Robert Walden RV-7A, Registration N65RW, sustained substantial damage subsequent to the nose over during the landing sequence at Williamsburg/Jamestown Airport (JGG/KJGG), Williamsburg, Virginia. The sole owner/builder/pilot onboard the Amateur Built single-engine airplane received minor injuries.










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a couple days before, his flying looked like this and makes me wonder about his mental state. perhaps he is dealing with something. never underestimate the psychology effects when flying. if your flight tracks look like scrambled eggs, ask yourself, am I OK?

[A2022]

RV7A - Final Report - N65RW

well, there you go, whip it in for a landing.

https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/ ... 195130/pdf

The pilot was attempting to land on a 60-ft-wide runway with a 10 to 15 knot left crosswind. He described that he was too high on the approach and made an aggressive right-wing low forward slip to lose altitude. While transitioning to complete the crosswind landing, the pilot misjudged his height above the runway and landed hard, damaging the nose landing gear. The airplane began to veer off the runway and the pilot aborted the landing. On the next landing, when the damaged nose landing gear touched down, the airplane veered off the runway, impacted a trench, and nosed over resulting in substantial damage to the right wing, vertical stabilizer, and rudder. Following the accident, the pilot stated that he should have gone around on the first landing attempt since he was not stabilized on the approach. He also reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Probable Cause and Findings
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot’s decision to continue with an unstabilized approach which resulted in a hard landing and loss of directional control during a subsequent landing.