Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS accident near Homosassa, FL
On December 7, 2024, a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS (airplane) was involved in an accident near Homosassa, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 7, 2024
- Place
- Homosassa, FL
- Aircraft
- Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 28.824°N, 82.580°W
- NTSB ID
- 20241207199391
NTSB summary
On December 6, 2024, about 2004 eastern standard time, an experimental amateur-built Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS, N702DP, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Homosassa, Florida. The private pilot was fatally injured. The flight was conducted as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A preliminary review of Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) data revealed the accident airplane departed Falcon Field Airport (FFC), Atlanta, Georgia, around 1442, and landed at the George T. Lewis Airport (CDK), Cedar Key, Florida, about 1640, a 1 hr. and 58 minute flight. According to an airport employee at CDK, after the airplane landed, she met the pilot and drove him to a nearby restaurant. She later picked the pilot up and took him back to his airplane. The pilot told the employee that he was flying back to Atlanta. The pilot did not purchase fuel at CDK. The pilot departed CDK about 1752. The pilot did not file a flight plan and was not in contact with air traffic control. The airplane climbed to about 4,300 ft mean sea level (msl), on a north-westerly ground track toward Atlanta before it descended to 2,300 ft msl and made a right turn to the east-southeast then to the southeast. The airplane flew along the coastline before it maneuvered out over the water, then continued back on a south - southeasterly track toward Tampa, Florida. By the time the airplane was west of Tampa, it had descended to 1,500 ft msl. It then made a right turn toward the north-northeast. As the airplane headed north, it descended to 1,000 ft msl. About
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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.
