ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224499
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| Date: | Monday 29 April 2019 |
| Time: | 14:13 |
| Type: |  Van’s RV-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N90LK |
| MSN: | 20147 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1147 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near La Center, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Camas, WA (1W1) |
| Ridgefield, WA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Van's RV-6 airplane, N90LK, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near La Center, Washington. The pilot and flight instructor were fatally injured.
Radar data showed that the airplane departed and proceeded to a nearby airport, where it entered the traffic pattern.
The last recorded radar target was located abeam the end of the runway, at an altitude of about 500 ft above ground level. There were no known witnesses to the accident sequence.
The airplane came to rest upright, partially submerged within a pond, about 1,000 ft from the approach end of the runway. Wreckage and impact signatures from surrounding terrain were consistent with a near-vertical impact. Examination revealed no anomalies with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Bird remains were found on the right (outboard) arm/clothing of the flight instructor and within the engine compartment. The remains were identified as a species common to the accident locale. It is likely that a bird strike occurred while the airplane was maneuvering in the traffic pattern for landing, resulting in a breach of the canopy/windscreen. Given the lack of mechanical anomalies and the orientation of the wreckage, it is likely that the pilots became distracted and exceeded the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin and loss of control.
Probable Cause and Findings
The pilots' inadvertent exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack following an inflight collision with a bird.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/2019/04/plane-crash-kills-two-north-of-vancouver.html
https://www.ktvz.com/news/2-killed-in-sw-washington-small-plane-crash/1073669426
https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/apr/29/downed-plane-located-south-of-la-center/
https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/two-men-dead-in-small-plane-crash-near-la-center/
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=90LK
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1213673 (photo)
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Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Media:
Two men died after their single-engine plane crashed into a marsh near La Center. https://t.co/K9PWKYLzit#PlaneCrash #LaCenter #ClarkCountyWa #Sheriff #FAA #LocalNews pic.twitter.com/BcyARgbQ4O
— ClarkCountyToday.com (@NewsFromCCT) 30 avril 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2019 04:53 | Geno | Added |
| 30-Apr-2019 09:29 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Source, Embed code] |
| 30-Apr-2019 10:33 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2019 17:39 | Psycho828 | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 27-Jun-2021 19:53 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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