NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ERA25LA042
Registry · N69LM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-8A
Year of manufacture
2008 · 16 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O-360-A1A (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20081221
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A92963
Registrant of record
MAYNARD LARRY
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
A nose landing gear collapse on landing and subsequent nose over.
Factual narrative
After completing a local flight, the pilot recalled the direction of landing required a steep descent during the final approach due to tall trees at the approach end of the runway. The pilot otherwise did not recall any of the details of the accident following the short final segment of the landing approach. A witness described, and surveillance video confirmed, that the airplane touched down, experienced a “very short” bounce, and then impacted the turf runway nose landing gear first, resulting in the nose landing gear collapsing and the airplane nosing over. The airplane’s fuselage, empennage, and right wing sustained substantial damage during the accident sequence. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- — Aircraft-Aircraft systems-Landing gear system-Nose/tail landing gear-Failure
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2024_ERA25LA042.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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