Clark RV-6A accident near Nampa, ID
On August 16, 2010, a Clark RV-6A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Nampa, ID. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 16, 2010
- Place
- Nampa, ID
- Aircraft
- Clark RV-6A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 43.581°N, 116.523°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100816X54013
Official records · WPR10LA407
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On August 16, 2010, about 1150 mountain daylight time, an experimental Clark RV-6A, N621AL, nosed over onto its back alongside the runway at Nampa Municipal Airport, Nampa, Idaho. The private pilot, who was the sole occupant, received fatal injuries, and the airplane, which was owned and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 high-speed taxi test was being conducted in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan had been filed. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records, the recently completed amateur-built experimental airplane, which was equipped with a fully-castoring nosewheel, received its airworthiness certificate on August 11, 2010 (five days prior to the accident). According to witnesses who had talked with the pilot, he was planning on making his first flight in that airplane on the afternoon of August 16, and in preparation for that flight, he was performing a series of high-speed taxi test runs. During the first taxi test run, the airplane was seen proceeding west on runaway 29 at a groundspeed that was estimated to be between 40 to 60 knots. Witnesses noticed that the airplane developed a significant nose wheel shimmy as it reached a point about two-thirds of the way down the runway. At that point, according to the witnesses, the pilot began rising and lowering the nose of the airplane a slight amount, and they assumed that he was doing so in order to try to reduce the shimmy. Soon thereafter, the pilot slowed the airplane near the west end of runway 29 and then reversed course so he c
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, which resulted in a collision with terrain during a rejected inadvertent takeoff.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
