Holland Mike RV9A accident near Tryon, NE
On July 25, 2022, a Holland Mike RV9A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Tryon, NE. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 25, 2022
- Place
- Tryon, NE
- Aircraft
- Holland Mike RV9A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.669°N, 100.795°W
- NTSB ID
- 20220725105567
Official records · WPR22FA266
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control Extracts: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn July 25, 2022, at 0839 central daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Vans RV-9A, N192MH, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Tryon, Nebraska. The pilot and student pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was being operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Radar data and air traffic control communications indicate the airplane departed Greeley-Weld County Airport (GXY), Greely, Colorado about 0715 and flew northeast towards its intended destination of Cherokee County Regional Airport (CKP), Cherokee, Iowa, at an altitude of 9,500 ft mean sea level (msl). The non-instrument-rated pilot requested visual flight rules (VFR) flight following with ATC during the flight. At 0809, ATC informed the pilot of moderate precipitation at 65 miles and his 12 o’clock position. The pilot commented that it “looked pretty open from here.” Five minutes later, the pilot told ATC he needed to deviate to the north to avoid flying into overcast conditions. At 0831, the ATC controller asked the pilot if they were changing their destination due to a sudden change in their direction of flight. The pilot advised they were trying to remain clear of clouds and requested to be pointed into a direction that was clear. The controller advised there were no pilot reports (PIREPs) in the area and reissued the depicted precipitation. The pilot advised they were going to climb and attempt to get on top of a cloud layer. The controller instructed the pilot to maintain VFR. There were several subsequent communications
Probable cause
The non-instrument-rated pilot’s decision to continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation, a loss of control, exceedance of the airplane’s design limitations, and in-flight breakup of the airplane due to rudder flutter.
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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.
