Upright RV-7A N29CV
11 December 2003 · McMinnville, Oregon, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 11 December 2003 at about 20:25 local time, a Upright RV-7A registered N29CV was involved in an accident near McMinnville, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- McMinnville, Oregon, United States
- Coordinates
- 45.2589, -123.3003
- Aircraft
- Upright RV-7A
- Registration
- N29CV
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Independence → Flying M Ranch
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA04LA026
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 2003 | Mooney M20D | Hood River, Oregon, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Nov 2003 | Bell 47G-3B-2 | Monmouth, Oregon, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 2003 | Beechcraft F90 | Sunriver, Oregon, United States | Terry J. Wallace | No injuries | - |
| 26 Aug 2003 | Beechcraft C24R | Bend, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 2003 | Andelin (Pitts) S1E | Troutdale, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 2003 | Lancair LC41 | Bend, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |