Runway excursion Accident Van's RV-7 N209MT, Monday 22 February 2010

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Date:	Monday 22 February 2010
Time:	14:15 LT
Type:	Van's RV-7
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N209MT
MSN:	71202
Engine model:	Lycoming IO-360-A1A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Oregon City, Oregon - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Hubbard, OR (7S9)
Destination airport:	Oregon City, OR (OG30)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot stated that he was landing at a 1,800-foot-long grass airstrip. The pilot flared the airplane approximately one-fourth of the way down the runway, the airplane bounced, and he added power to soften the second touchdown. The pilot felt that a go-around was too dangerous so he applied the brakes. Just as the airplane came to a stop, it slid into a ditch at the end of the runway. The pilot and a friend built the airplane and he had flown about 10 hours in it. He stated that he should have been more familiar with the short-field landing characteristics of this particular airplane. He had been into the airstrip numerous times in his other airplane of the same make/model, but the previous airplane was equipped with a constant speed propeller and seemed to float less down the runway.

Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point.

Accident investigation: