This was taken a week ago in the UK. Click on it to make it bigger. It shows a RV-7A landing with a failure of the nosegear, which resulted in the airplane flipping over.
The people were okay. I think the timing of the shot is particularly amazing.
I got the shot from airliners.net
To clarify, that is actually a RV-6A. The 6 & 7 "A" have a known nose gear issue and unfortunately this is not the first time this has happened. It is only a problem on turf landing strips, when the gear hits a rut or bunny hole.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason that I am building the taildragger version!
John, I'm curious why, if it's an RV-6A, did somebody paint "RV-7A" on the wing walk?
ReplyDeleteFunny that the person in the pilots seat looks a lot more discombobulated than the person in the co-pilot seat.
Doh! You're right...I was confusing this with another accident. This one was actually discussed in detail on the RV forums recently. Lots of good debate for those interested in the RV series.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=18461
The -6 and -7 are very similar, the 7 being an all pre-punched kit and has a larger VS & rudder. th "A" designation denotes nosewheel.
By the way, there is also a video of this incident if you dig through the above thread...but it is cell phone video and not all that great.
The timing on taking this shot would have been even more amazing if they were augering-in, as opposed to suffering through a nose gear collapse.
ReplyDeleteGlad nobody was injured.