Thomas Memorial Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Glendo, Wyoming 82213
Sunday, September 18, 2005 12:30 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot said he had flown to a community sponsored fly-in. He recalled making a normal landing, but that is all he remembered. Witnesses told him that during the landing roll, the nose gear failed and the airplane nosed over onto its canopy.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

failure of the nose gear during the landing roll.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/18/2005
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1230
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City Glendo
Event State WYOMING
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 82213
Event Date Year 2005
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 423108N
Event Location Longitude 1050108W
Event Location Airport Thomas memorial Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 76V
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 4665
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 29
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 0
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 90
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.1
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 19157
NTSB Notification Source FAA Comm Ctr
NTSB Notification Date Sep 18 2005 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Feb 28 2006 12:35PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\JOHB
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office CPR FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N985JS
NTSB Number DEN05LA142
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Shea
Aircraft Model Vans RV6A
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 02465
Certified Max Gross Weight 1045
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? Yes
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Aug 1 2005 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 19.6
Airframe Hours 340
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name John Shea
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Douglas
Aircraft Owner State WY
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 82633
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Douglas
Operator State WY
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 82633
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Air Race/Show
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code 76V
Departure City Glendo
Departure State WY
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1145
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 76V
Destination City Glendo
Destination State WY
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Nov 16 2005 10:19AM
User who most recently changed record MCBM
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 34
Runway Length 4397
Runway Width 70
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --