ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 263177
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| Date: | Friday 28 May 2021 |
| Time: | 10:50 |
| Type: |  Lancair Evolution |
| Owner/operator: | Davlor Aircraft Leasing LLC |
| Registration: | N515DL |
| MSN: | EVO-0060 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 469 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McDermott, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bellefontaine Regional Airport, OH (KEDJ) |
| Charleston International Airport, SC (CHS/KCHS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On May 28, 2021, about 1048 eastern daylight time, a Lancair Evolution airplane, N515DL, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near McDermott, Ohio. The private pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot departed on a cross-country flight and climbed the airplane to a cruise altitude of 25,000 ft mean sea level (msl). The airplane encountered an area of moderate icing and decelerated to near its stall speed. It then entered a rapid left turning descent. Sections of the right wing and tail separated in flight, and the airplane impacted terrain in a near-vertical attitude. A postimpact fire ensued, and the airplane was destroyed.
The pilot departed on a cross-country flight and climbed the airplane to a cruise altitude of 25,000 ft mean sea level (msl). The airplane encountered an area of moderate icing and decelerated to near its stall speed. It then entered a rapid left turning descent. Sections of the right wing and tail separated in flight, and the airplane impacted terrain in a near-vertical attitude. A postimpact fire ensued, and the airplane was destroyed.
Review of forecasted weather information indicated that the pilot was likely operating in instrument meteorological and icing conditions for about 20 minutes before the accident, with the potential for supercooled large droplets along the flightpath and structural icing at the airplane’s cruise altitude. There was no indication that the pilot obtained a weather briefing from an access-controlled source before the accident, and his awareness of the icing conditions was not determined. The airplane was not equipped for flight in icing conditions.
Based on the available information, the pilot failed to recognize and avoid icing conditions during cruise flight, which resulted in a loss of airplane performance, an aerodynamic stall, and a subsequent loss of airplane control followed by an in-flight break-up.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to recognize and avoid airframe icing conditions, which resulted in a loss of airplane performance and a subsequent loss of control and in-flight break-up.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://wchstv.com/news/local/small-plane-headed-to-charleston-crashes-in-scioto-county-ohio
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=515DL
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N515DL/history/20210528/1330Z/KEDJ/KCHS
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a67458&lat=39.311&lon=-83.657&zoom=8.4&showTrace=2021-05-28
https://photos-e1.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/cd000fd491e29634c44c48fa59458552073b946b (photo)
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Media:
The NTSB is investigating the crash Friday of a Lancair Evolution airplane in McDermott, Ohio. An investigator is responding to the scene.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) May 28, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2021 17:19 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-May-2021 17:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Date] |
| 28-May-2021 17:47 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2021 18:45 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2021 06:14 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2021 15:36 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2021 05:39 | aaronwk | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2021 09:18 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 13-Aug-2022 11:31 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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