Federsen Walter LANCAIR IVP N40941

Summary

On 27 July 2014 at about 05:10 local time, a Federsen Walter LANCAIR IVP registered N40941 was involved in an accident near Findlay, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 July 2014 at 05:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Findlay, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Bluffton (5G7)

Coordinates

41.0406, -83.6395

Aircraft

Federsen Walter LANCAIR IVP

Registration

N40941

Category

Airplane

Year built

2006

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Holland → Bluffton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN14FA389

2 people died.

An in-flight fire for reasons that could not be determined due to the extent of impact and fire damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was conducting a personal cross-country flight in the experimental, amateur-built airplane. Radar track data of the accident flight showed the airplane descending from cruise altitude en route to the destination airport. An approach controller provided the pilot radar vectors to the final approach course at the destination airport and then cleared the flight for an RNAV GPS approach. The pilot complied with all of the controller's instructions up to this point, and he did not inform the controller of any anomalies with the flight. Shortly after the pilot was cleared for the approach, radar contact and radio communications were lost. Two witnesses reported observing the airplane shortly before the accident. One witness reported that the airplane appeared to be intact but on fire; he was unsure of the fire's location. A second witness reported that the airplane appeared to be wings level and descending slightly when he initially saw it and that there appeared to be a fire near the rear of the airplane. The airplane subsequently descended and impacted a residential yard. The airplane was severely fragmented during the impact sequence and consumed by fire. A postaccident examination of the airplane wreckage revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions. The extent of the damage caused by the impact forces and fire precluded a determination of the source of the in-flight fire.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.