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RV7A - ASN Report - N811WJ

well, it appears to be another nose over on a grass field. the small nose wheel on RVs is not designed for soft fields. sometimes it works, sometimes it does not, and you get a ride to the hospital.

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/475863

A local pilot, William J. Near, was transported to the hospital by Marion County Fire Rescue after crashing at the Love Field, a private grass landing strip, the afternoon of Feb. 5, according to Marion County Sheriff Deputy on scene.

Records on file with the Marion County Property Appraiser’s office indicate Loves Landing HOA owns the grass airstrip.

Near was piloting an RV-7A experimental single-engine aircraft he built in 2007, according to records on file with the Federal Aviation Administration.

According to aviation accident and incident records filed with the National Transportation Safety Board, this is the first aviation accident in the State of Florida for 2025.

RV7A - Final Report - N811WJ

well, just your average RV nose over from landing on a soft field. hey, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but they keep trying. more times than not it results in serious injuries.

https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/ ... 199651/pdf

The pilot was landing the experimental amateur-built airplane on a turf runway and had traveled about 1/3 the length of the runway when the airplane “lost energy” about 5 feet above ground level. The airplane then bounced as it crested a small hill before it landed “hard” on the nose landing gear. The nose landing gear subsequently dug into the soft, sandy soil and the airplane nosed over. The pilot was seriously injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts, empennage, and fuselage during the accident sequence. Postaccident examination of the airplane’s flight controls revealed no evidence of any preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.