ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224120
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| Date: | Thursday 18 April 2019 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: |  Van's RV-8A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N791PF |
| MSN: | 81328 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Engine model: | Superior XP-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Brookings Airport (BOK/KBOK), Curry County, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bandon, OR (S05) |
| Brookings, OR (KBOK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A witness saw the airplane complete a touch-and-go landing and depart toward the north. Another witness saw the airplane flying north after takeoff, then shortly thereafter saw it flying south as if the pilot was returning to the airport for landing; the airplane then made an "abrupt or severe" 180° left turn back toward the north before it rolled onto its right side for several seconds, then "went straight down" and subsequently impacted terrain.
Postaccident examination of the engine revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. Examination of the airframe revealed that flight control continuity was confirmed throughout the airplane from the pilot controls to the control surfaces, with the exception of the elevator torque tube, which was fractured and observed to have separated near the elevator pitch servo. Metallurgical examination indicated that the fracture was consistent with bending overstress. It could not be determined if the fracture occurred prior to or during the impact sequence. It is most likely that the pilot experienced a loss of control during an aggressive maneuver at too low an altitude to recover from.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during an aggressive maneuver that resulted in a nose down collision with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR19FA116
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=791PF
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2019 01:33 | Geno | Added |
| 19-Apr-2019 05:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2019 05:34 | RobertMB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 19-Apr-2019 06:06 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Apr-2019 14:41 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2019 14:46 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2020 21:05 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2022 18:13 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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