Dickey RV-6A accident near Muskogee, OK
On August 11, 2008, a Dickey RV-6A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Muskogee, OK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 11, 2008
- Place
- Muskogee, OK
- Aircraft
- Dickey RV-6A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.731°N, 95.347°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080814X01242
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 11, 2008, about 1324 central daylight time, a Dickey RV-6A experimental airplane, N22163 impacted a vacant lot in Muskogee, Oklahoma, while conducting a cross-country flight. The instrument rated private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight originated at Fayette County Airport (FYE), Somerville, Tennessee with an intended destination of Hutchinson County Airport (BGD), Borger, Texas. According to the pilot's wife, he was flying cross country to his work location and he checked the weather on the internet before departing. She said he had delayed his departure due to marginal weather conditions en route and he "preferred VFR conditions." Air traffic control radar tracked a 1200 transponder code starting at 1300 and about 29 miles northeast of the accident location at 4,500 feet mean sea level (msl). The radar track proceeded west at 4,500 feet msl until 1310, about eleven miles north of the accident location. The track then began climbing and turned south, then east, leveling at 8,500 msl at 1316. The track then began a level, right turning corkscrew pattern that terminated about one quarter mile northeast of the accident location. The fourth, third, and second to last radar tracks, recorded approximately four seconds apart, depicted altitudes of 8,500, 8,400, and 8,300 msl respectively. The last return was recorde
Probable cause
The pilot's improper decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into an area of reduced visibility weather conditions, which resulted in the pilot's spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of aircraft control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent experience flying in instrument conditions.
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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.
