N29PT – STUGART VANS RV-6 – 1994-08-01 NTSB Accident Report

On August 01, 1994, a Stugart VANS RV-6 (N29PT) was involved in an incident near Carthage, MO. All 2 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during landing and unsuitable terrain encountered during the landing roll.

On August 1, 1994, at 1300 central daylight time, a Stuart RV-6, N29PT, crashed while landing at the Myers Memorial Air Park, Carthage, Missouri. The airplane was substantially damaged. The commercial pilot and the single passenger on the airplane were not injured. The personal flight originated at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at 1000. No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.

The pilot reported the aircraft bounced on landing, on the runway, and came down in the grass to the left of the runway. During landing roll in the grass, he said the airplane encountered an area which was plowed, and nosed over.

This incident is documented in NTSB report CHI94LA259. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N29PT.