RV8 - Final Report - N312FM

[A2022]

well, a lot of water up that way lately, landing on wet grass can be like ice skating. a nose over in an RV is a dangerous event, but luckily, he only had minor injuries. runway 2400 ft. I like the paint on this one.

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/392087


The aircraft, an Experimental Dennis P Argetsinger RV-8, Registration (*unconfirmed) N312FM, sustained unreported damage subsequent to the nose over following a runway overrun during landing at Kandiyogi County, Stanton Hill Aerodrome (68MN), Atwater, Minnesota.

The sole pilot onboard the Amateur Built single-engine, tailwheel equipped airplane received minor injuries.

[A2022]

yep, wet grass. like being on ice.

https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/ ... 194636/pdf

Analysis
The pilot reported that, while landing on a wet grass runway, the airplane began to slide, and he was unable to stop before the airplane departed the end of the runway into a soft, wet soybean field. The main landing gear dug into the soft soil and the airplane nosed over which resulted in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, empennage, and right wing. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.


Probable Cause and Findings
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot’s inability to stop the landing roll on a wet grass runway which resulted in a runway overrun.