[jetjok]

Not to long ago, someone posted pictures of a retractable RV-4. According to this FAA initial report, there must be at least one retract RV-8 out there too! Or, maybe the FAA needs additional training on aircraft ID, and/or quality control of their reports.

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: UNK Make/Model: RV8 Description: RV-8
Date: 05/18/2010 Time: 1824

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial

LOCATION
City: State: MO Country: US

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, LANDED GEAR UP,

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: NOT REPORTED

OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER


FAA FSDO: Entry date: 05/19/2010

I redacted location info, as it was not my intention to be the first to post another RV incident.

 

[Ironflight]

I read these reports almost every day and find that these initial reports FREQUENTLY get little details like that wrong....someone drove up, saw there were no gear, and figured it landed that way. But maybe the gear was just wiped out....

 

[rvbuilder2002]

Their is (was) at least one retract RV-8

See photo here http://www.vansaircraft.com/RVator/2008/3-2008-RVator.pdf

(see page 8)

 

[N395V]

Might have been an RV4. I saw a retractable RV4 for sale recently on e bay or barnstormers that suffered a gear collapse on landing.

 

[rvbuilder2002]

I corrected the bad link to the retractable RV-8 photo posted previously

 

[Mike Macon]

Glasair

The FAA corrected the report today. It was a retractable Glasair. The world makes sense again.