Miller Charles W VANS RV-7A accident near El Dorado, AR
On August 20, 2010, a Miller Charles W VANS RV-7A (airplane) was involved in an accident near El Dorado, AR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 20, 2010
- Place
- El Dorado, AR
- Aircraft
- Miller Charles W VANS RV-7A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.219°N, 92.808°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100825X21731
Official records · CEN10LA497
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 19, 2010, approximately 2045 central daylight time, N474JM, a Charles W. Miller Vans RV-7A, collided with heavily wooded terrain shortly after takeoff from the South Arkansas Regional Airport (ELD), El Dorado, Arkansas. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. A visual flight rules flight plan was filed with a destination of Georgetown Municipal Airport (GTU), Georgetown, Texas. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The pilot was returning from a reunion in Ohio and was on his way back to his home airport in Texas, a 968-mile long flight. According to flight plans and fuel receipts, the pilot departed Norwalk-Huron Airport (5A1), Norwalk, Ohio, around 0930 eastern daylight time and stopped at Kennett Memorial Airport, (TKX), Kennett, Missouri, and purchased fuel at 1248. The pilot then flew to El Dorado, Arkansas, and landed around 1700. He purchased fuel and then waited 3 hours and 45 minutes for thunderstorms to pass through the area before he departed for Texas. According to an airport employee in El Dorado, the pilot contacted the airport just prior to 1700. She talked to him via radio as he approached the airport. The pilot was confused and thought he was landing at a tower-controlled airport. Additionally, he stated his airplane's registration number incorrectly as N747JM. After he landed, the employee had another conversation with the pilot while she refueled his airplane. She said the pilot app
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with trees on takeoff at night. Contributing factors were fatigue and the pilot's lack of recent nighttime experience.
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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.
