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07-08-2008, 12:36 PM
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Here's KMOV video take on the RV-6A accident. In the commentary, note the Alton Il. owner of the plane quoted as saying the airplane is not designed to land on grass. 
http://www.kmov.com/video/localnews-...ml?nvid=261361
http://www.kmov.com/
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Rick Galati
RV6A N307R"Darla!"
RV-8 N308R "LuLu"
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07-08-2008, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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RV6A based from ALN (St Louis Regional, Bethalto, IL)
Here's another link
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/new...F?OpenDocument
This plane was my first RV ride. 
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Don
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-6A bought flying
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07-08-2008, 12:50 PM
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Can the title of this post be changed to better reflect the story. It didn't "go down" due to an in flight failure...perhaps "RV flips on landing in Jersey County"...???
Sorry to hear about this incident...
EDIT: Thanks for changing "down" to "flip"...
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Chad Jensen
Astronics AES, Vertical Power
RV-7, 5 yr build, flew it 68 hours, sold it, miss it.
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07-08-2008, 12:57 PM
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Good grief! Not designed to land on grass? Please. I couldn't tell if the gear folded, looks like maybe it did, but gee whiz not designed to land on grass? The media dramatizes everything, and had there been a fatality, they would milk it as long as possible. How embarassing they can be!
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07-08-2008, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: The Beautiful NJ Shore
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Bad Week
It's just been an all-around bad week for RV's.
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Greg Piney
RV-8 2547
Empennage Done!
Beginning Fuselage Final Assembly!
(Tub finished, on to Landing Gear).
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07-08-2008, 02:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hangar/home at Hicks Airfield (T67), Fort Worth, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RAMPEYBOY
Good grief! Not designed to land on grass? Please. I couldn't tell if the gear folded, looks like maybe it did, but gee whiz not designed to land on grass? The media dramatizes everything, and had there been a fatality, they would milk it as long as possible. How embarassing they can be!
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Man am I sorry to hear that our RV's aren't designed to "land on grass". At least 5 of us "nose-rollers" cheated death this past Sunday when we landed at Cedar Mills on Lake Texoma, TX.
There were around 9 taildragger RV's there, too.
The media very rarely ever does justice to an aircraft accident/incident and now we have an owner, or maybe he was flying someone else's RV, telling the media that he really shouldn't have landed there!
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Mike Reddick
VAF#153
Pilots N Paws Pilot
RV6A N167CW 1,900 HRS
Ft Worth, TX (T67)
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07-08-2008, 04:40 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Louisville, KY
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flip
The news report quoted the pilot (i think) as saying he realized he was traveling too fast on landing and "hit the brakes" then it rolled over. Contributing factor? Nose dragger guys, it it possible to over stress the thing on grass with just brakes? Inquiring minds and all that...
DM
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Dennis
RV-4, bought flying
RV-3B preview plans
HR 2 ???
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07-08-2008, 04:46 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Canby, Oregon
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Yes, I think that is true.
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Originally Posted by Dennis Madden
The news report quoted the pilot (i think) as saying he realized he was traveling too fast on landing and "hit the brakes" then it rolled over. Contributing factor? Nose dragger guys, it it possible to over stress the thing on grass with just brakes? Inquiring minds and all that...
DM
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Keep in mind that you can flip a tail wheel if you break to much. 
Kent
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Kent Byerley
RV9A N94KJ - IO320, CS, tipup
AFS 3500, TT AP, FLYING....
Canby, Or
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07-08-2008, 04:53 PM
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Take a close look
http://www.kmov.com/video/localnews-...ml?nvid=261361
The video shows the nose pant at 90* from normal-----and, it appears to be 2 or 3' rear of normal.
Could be that the pant is just hanging there, and the strut is not really bent at a right angle.
Also, look at the furrow that the nose gear/wheel plowed in the runway.
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010 
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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