ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 44991
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| Date: | Thursday 11 December 2003 |
| Time: | 12:25 |
| Type: |  Van's RV-7A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N29CV |
| MSN: | 70002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McMinnville, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Independence, OR (7S5) |
| Flying M Ranch, OR (OR05) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While en route to an airstrip, the flight of two aircraft encountered cloud layers and overcast, which did not allow the flight to continue in visual meteorological conditions. The pilot of the lead aircraft made a decision to reverse course and made a left turn, while the accident pilot made a right turn to reverse direction. When the pilot of the lead aircraft could not make radio contact with the accident pilot, and the accident pilot did not return to the departure airport, a search was initiated. The wreckage was located in mountainous terrain about one mile east of the turn around point. On site documentation indicated that the aircraft collided with the terrain in a nose down attitude. The pilot of the lead aircraft reported that neither he or the accident pilot received a weather briefing prior to the departure, and that the two of them had done this type of evaluate-the-weather-while-en-route flight before.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Cloudy weather, continued flight into adverse weather, inadequate preflight planning and mountainous terrain were factors.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20031222X02074&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 14-Aug-2017 06:14 | junior sjc | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2017 20:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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