Van's RV6 N78HJ
18 December 2022 · Afton, Wyoming, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 18 December 2022 at about 21:30 local time, a Van's RV6 registered N78HJ was involved in an accident near Afton, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 21:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Afton, Wyoming, United States
- Nearest airport
- Afton Municipal Airport (AFO)
- Coordinates
- 42.7088, -110.9422
- Aircraft
- Van's RV6
- Registration
- N78HJ
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2004
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Afton → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR23LA070
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain control during landing on a contaminated runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was planning to complete a touch and go landing on the same runway he departed from 15 minutes earlier, which contained patches of snow and ice. When the airplane touched down, it encountered a patch of ice and skidded left. The plane collided with snow then nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Van's RV6 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jul 2022 | Van's RV6 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Jul 2021 | Van's RV6 | Riverside, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 2021 | Van's RV6 | Show Low, Arizona, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 7 Jun 2021 | Van's RV6 | Porterville, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Dec 2023 | Van's RV6 | Fordyce, Arkansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 Apr 2023 | Van's RV6 | Goldsby, Oklahoma, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sep 2022 | Buxbaum Mark Edward LONG EZ | Medicine Bow, Wyoming, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 18 Oct 2022 | Cessna 170A | Evanston, Wyoming, United States | William R. Bensyl | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 2022 | Tuttle Bruce C JUNGSTER I | Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 2022 | Jacquneaux Glen R CGS HAWK | Lander, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Feb 2022 | Darrell D Dugger MUSTANG II | Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 May 2022 | Twenty Second Street BACKCOUNTRY BOSS | Douglas, Wyoming, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |