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cderk 06-28-2017 12:13 PM

Another Sad Day for GA
 
Looks like RV7

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/28...ared-dead.html

az_gila 06-28-2017 01:00 PM

Now reported as N731RV

http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?...:28-JUN-17,YES

RIP

Larco 06-28-2017 01:35 PM

Here is another news source. So sad to read

http://www.azfamily.com/story/357702...bend-mountains

It is really bad when a news organization shows a picture of the wrong airplane sitting on a ramp with a readable N# (not the # that had crashed). Some have already drawn the wrong conclusion as to what plane it was.

So very very sad

N941WR 06-28-2017 05:42 PM

Sad day, indeed!

The accident even made the front of Foxnews.com. I can't say I have ever seen a small accident on there.

Here is the article, such as it is.

My best to the families!

Olay 06-29-2017 09:22 PM

N731RV was the first RV I've flown in , I put up my skyhawk for sale the next day and I went to buy a RV7 4 days after.
The owner was the nicest person I've met in my life. He was more prepared than any pilot I've known, and the tips he shared got my out of many bad situations, let alone prevented more than a dozen of them.
Retired fighter pilot and retired airline captain, one of the the best pilots I've ever flown with.
Great loss for GA and RV community.
He was family for most of us.
Our prayers and thoughts are with his entire family.

DCat22 11-16-2018 01:56 PM

Factual is out: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/Re...Final&IType=FA

Defining event is listed as birdstrike, in this case pigeon(s).

Steve Melton 11-16-2018 02:09 PM

are they saying pigeons brought the plane down?

The plexiglass canopy, vertical stabilizer, and rudder were located during the examination of the accident site on that day; they were located several days later about 1 mile northwest of the main wreckage.

edit: could a bird unlock the canopy?

condolences to the family.

rv7charlie 11-16-2018 04:44 PM

Strange (actually, not that inconsistent with other NTSB reports I've read) that no mention was made about whether there was bird impact damage to the canopy itself. Canopies tend to not sustain extensive damage if they have separated from the a/c and fall to earth on their own, so you'd think they would have been able to detect bird strike damage there.

BillL 11-16-2018 05:56 PM

Someone needs to report back to the investigator. The report says the aircraft is a RV-4 and RV7 and a 200hp O-320 A1A. I sent a note to an investigator last year and he corrected the report.

Belated condolences to the families of the two pilots. A sobering result considering the number of birdstrike near misses reported on VAF this last year.

rvbuilder2002 11-16-2018 05:57 PM

Expanded level of detail exists in the documents available on the NTSB Docket management system.

https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/h...AE7876D929ACE7


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