Bill McCarley RV-4 N448RV

Summary

On 23 November 1985 at about 18:15 local time, a Bill McCarley RV-4 registered N448RV, operated by James & Billy McCarley, was involved in an accident near Gatesville, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 November 1985 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Gatesville, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Gatesville City - County (O5F)

Coordinates

31.4410, -97.7295

Aircraft

Bill McCarley RV-4

Registration

N448RV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James & Billy McCarley

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gatesville → Gatesville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW86FPA07

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AFTER PERFORMING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS. THE PIC SAID THAT THE PASS'G/PLT HAD FLOWN THE LAST PART OF THE FLT. FOLLOWING A MANEUVER AT APRX 500 FT AGL, THE ACFT WAS MANEUVERED INTO A CLIMBING LEFT TURN DURING WHICH IT CONTINUED TO ROLL UNTIL INVERTED. THE PASS'G/PLT, ACCORDING TO THE PIC, REDUCED POWER AND TRIED TO PULL THE ACFT NOSE THROUGH THE DIVE TO RECOVERY. DURING THE BOTTOM OF THE MANEUVER THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES. THE WINGS WERE SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT BY THE COLLISION WITH THE TREES AFTER WHICH THE ACFT NOSED DOWN INTO THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.