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Following a bounced initial touchdown on a grass strip; the pilot of an rv-6A failed to achieve a proper touchdown attitude and touched down on the nose gear; collapsing it and resulting in the aircraft nosing over onto its back causing additional damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 913095 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201010 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | RV-6 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5.6 Flight Crew Total 209 Flight Crew Type 27.9 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
I was landing at a grass strip and a small undulation in the turf bounced me into the air on rollout. The aircraft then struck nose wheel first; collapsing nose gear and damaging the prop. Aircraft was still moving fast enough that it nosed over onto its back; damaging fiberglass tip of vertical fin; left wingtip; and cracking the canopy.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Following a bounced initial touchdown on a grass strip; the pilot of an RV-6A failed to achieve a proper touchdown attitude and touched down on the nose gear; collapsing it and resulting in the aircraft nosing over onto its back causing additional damage.
Narrative: I was landing at a grass strip and a small undulation in the turf bounced me into the air on rollout. The aircraft then struck nose wheel first; collapsing nose gear and damaging the prop. Aircraft was still moving fast enough that it nosed over onto its back; damaging fiberglass tip of vertical fin; left wingtip; and cracking the canopy.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.