Lancair Legacy accident near Bixby, MO
On October 6, 2019, a Lancair Legacy (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bixby, MO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 6, 2019
- Place
- Bixby, MO
- Aircraft
- Lancair Legacy · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 37.361°N, 91.067°W
- NTSB ID
- 20191006X31934
Official records · CEN20FA003
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn October 6, 2019, at 0849 central daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built Lancair Legacy airplane, N10LG, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Bixby, Missouri. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane operated as Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot flew the airplane from Texas to Missouri three days earlier to attend the Lancair Owners and Builder Organization's annual meeting; the accident occurred on the return flight. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), there was no record of the pilot obtaining a weather briefing or filing a flight plan before his departure. Radar information showed the airplane depart about 0825 and establish a south-southwesterly heading at altitudes between about 2,300 ft mean sea level (msl) and 2,800 ft msl. About 0846, the airplane began a descent and reached a minimum altitude about 1,525 ft msl about 0849. Over the next minute, the airplane entered a climbing, 270° left turn and slowed to a speed of about 42 kts before radar contact was lost at 0849:49, at an altitude of 1,975 ft msl. A witness about 3 miles from the accident site heard a single-engine airplane and reported that the engine sounded as though it was "revving high." He stated that it was "a bad day to be flying" because of the thick cloud cover and mist. He estimated that when the airplane passed over him, it was a few hundred feet above the ground or lower, and that he could not see it due to the low, thick cloud cover. Another witness said that she heard a low-flying airp
Probable cause
The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation.
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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.
