ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280442
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| Date: | Saturday 16 July 2022 |
| Time: | 11:53 |
| Type: |  Van's RV-7 |
| Owner/operator: | Wake Turbulence Corp |
| Registration: | N283S |
| MSN: | 73041 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Buena Terra Airport (33KS), Topeka, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Beuna Terra Airport, KS (33KS) |
| Gardner Airport, KS (K34) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On July 16, 2022, about 1153 central daylight time, an experimental amateur-built RV-7, N283S, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Topeka, Kansas. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
On the day of the accident, witnesses saw the airplane depart from the runway and enter a near-vertical climb before the airplane’s nose dropped and began a right turn. The airplane remained in a nose-low, near-vertical descent until it impacted a grass field off the end of the runway. Several witnesses had previously watched the pilot take off and perform various aerobatic maneuvers similar to the accident flight.
Toxicological tests detected a level of ethanol known to cause some level of impairment. The test results were also consistent with the pilot having consumed alcohol near the time of the flight. Therefore, it is likely that the pilot’s impairment contributed to the loss of control as the pilot performed an aerobatic maneuver on takeoff.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control while performing an aerobatic maneuver on takeoff, which resulted in exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, a subsequent aerodynamic stall, and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s impairment from alcohol consumption before the flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2022/07/16/apparent-plane-crash-topeka-ks-investigated-buena-terra-airport/10078135002/
https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/small-plane-crashes-in-ne-shawnee-co/
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105487
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=283s
https://photos-e1.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/a4b4b98849800e49d177e374fac92caceed27d0c (photo)
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2022 20:55 | Geno | Added |
| 16-Jul-2022 23:48 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 17-Jul-2022 01:10 | johnwg | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2022 01:17 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2022 02:01 | johnwg | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2022 05:26 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Jul-2022 19:03 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2024 18:54 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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