Van's RV12 N572LS

Summary

On 30 March 2013 at about 18:30 local time, a Van's RV12 registered N572LS, operated by Levonte Yakis, was involved in an accident near Waldport, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 March 2013 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Waldport, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Wakonda Beach State Airport (R33)

Coordinates

44.3844, -124.0850

Aircraft

Van's RV12

Registration

N572LS

Category

Airplane

Year built

2010

Engines

1

Operator

Levonte Yakis

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lenhardt Airprk → Waldport

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR13LA174

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During landing on a turf runway, the nosewheel landing gear separated. An examination of the runway surface revealed impact marks consistent with a hard landing in an almost-level attitude. A postaccident examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. Downloaded nonvolatile memory indicated that the airplane's initial touchdown was flat or slightly negative, which resulted in the nose landing gear contacting the runway surface before the main landing gear. The data also indicated that the landing occurred at a high rate of speed and that the pilot did not attempt to flare the airplane during the landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.