Render RV 9A N82PR

Summary

On 30 July 2014 at about 20:00 local time, a Render RV 9A registered N82PR was involved in an accident near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 July 2014 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Gallinger (51WI)

Coordinates

44.0669, -88.5578

Aircraft

Render RV 9A

Registration

N82PR

Category

Airplane

Year built

2003

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Freeport → Oshkosh

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN14FA396

2 people were seriously injured.

The pilot's failure to establish a stabilized approach and to maintain airspeed during final approach over obstacles resulting in a stall/mush.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing the airplane at a privately-owned airport. He elected to land to the south on a turf runway that the wind favored. He turned onto left base and then to an "abbreviated final" to avoid airspace over a prison and power lines located north of the runway. The pilot said that the airplane was descending at the "usual rate," but the controls subsequently "got mushy." The airplane impacted terrain at the approach end of the runway. The pilot indicated in his accident report that there were no mechanical malfunctions in reference to the accident flight. No mechanical anomalies were detected during an on-scene investigation, and witness marks were consistent with the engine producing power at impact. The runway the pilot selected was not published in the Federal Aviation Administration's airport master record at the time of the accident, and, therefore, no obstructions were listed for this runway in the airport master record. The pilot's safety recommendation stated, in part, "the close location of the prison and the power lines on the north end of the airstrip forces pilots to make a short final but still stay high to avoid power lines. Maybe I should have landed to the north, even with a tailwind." The pilot most likely did not establish a stabilized approach and did not maintain the airplane's airspeed during the "abbreviated final" approach south of the prison and above the power lines, which resulted in a stall/mush.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.