Eagleston John H VANS RV9A accident near Kingston, OK
On January 28, 2015, an Eagleston John H VANS RV9A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kingston, OK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- January 28, 2015
- Place
- Kingston, OK
- Aircraft
- Eagleston John H VANS RV9A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.958°N, 96.589°W
- NTSB ID
- 20150128X34553
Official records · CEN15FA127
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn January 28, 2015, about 1100 central standard time, an experimental amateur-built Vans RV-9A airplane, N708JE, impacted Lake Texoma near Kingston, Oklahoma. The solo student pilot was fatally injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated without a flight plan. The local flight departed the Durant Regional Airport (DUA), Durant, Oklahoma, at 0955. A friend of the pilot witnessed a portion of the accident sequence. He reported that on the morning of the accident, he sent a text message to the accident pilot saying that he was going to be fishing on Lake Texoma. When he was on his fishing boat, the pilot called him to inform him that he was going to overfly the boat in the airplane. After flying over the boat, the airplane disappeared from his view and the friend moved the boat's location. Later, the airplane flew over the boat again, circled it once, and flew to the south. The witness began to move the boat to the south when he saw the airplane collide with the water and begin to sink. When the boat reached the airplane the friend and his boat passenger attempted to keep the airplane from sinking. They were unable to hold on to the airplane before it sank below the water's surface. When the pilot was not located, the witness contacted emergency services. PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe pilot, age 51, held a combined student pilot and
Probable cause
The pilot’s continuation of a banked turn following the loss of engine power, which resulted in his failure to maintain adequate airspeed and the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and entering an accelerated stall at low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the loss of engine power due to carburetor icing as a result of the airplane's degraded carburetor heat system.
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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.
