Shannon Kevin RV-8 accident near Valera, TX
On July 6, 2008, a Shannon Kevin RV-8 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Valera, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 6, 2008
- Place
- Valera, TX
- Aircraft
- Shannon Kevin RV-8 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 31.752°N, 99.556°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080715X01050
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 5, 2008, approximately 2000 central daylight time, a Kevin Shannon RV-8 homebuilt airplane, N184KS, was destroyed when it impacted terrain and automobiles while conducting a low altitude flight demonstration near Valera, Texas. The private pilot was fatally injured. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The local flight originated at Coleman Municipal Airport (COM), Coleman, Texas, approximately 1945. According to the pilot's wife, the pilot departed Brownwood Municipal Airport (BWB), Brownwood, Texas, and flew to COM on July 3. He then drove from COM to a private ranch near Valera, Texas, to look over the area where he would be conducting a flyover on July 5th. The flyover was to be performed in conjunction with an Independence Day celebration with approximately 1,200 people present. After looking the area over on the ground, he then flew over the performance area and returned to BWB. On July 4th, the pilot fueled the airplane at BWB and purchased 17.4 gallons of 100 octane low lead aviation fuel. A witness observed the airplane flying for approximately one hour after being refueled. On the day of the accident, the pilot again flew to COM, landed, drove to the performance area, and then returned to his airplane. The pilot planned for and flew three low altitude passes, ending each pass with a pull up. During the pull-up from the third pass, the airplane was seen to roll to the left, f
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a forced landing, which led to an aerodynamic stall, following a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's mismanagement of fuel and the low altitude at which the power loss occurred.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
