Vans Aircraft RV-10 accident near Fullerton, CA
On January 2, 2025, a Vans Aircraft RV-10 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Fullerton, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- January 2, 2025
- Place
- Fullerton, CA
- Aircraft
- Vans Aircraft RV-10 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.873°N, 117.971°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250103199502
NTSB summary
On January 2, 2025, about 1409 Pacific standard time, an experimental amateur built Vans Aircraft RV-10, N8757R, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Fullerton, California. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured, and there were 19 ground injuries, 8 of which were serious, and 11 minor. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 91 personal flight. On the day of the accident a witness, who was an acquaintance of the pilot, observed him taxi the airplane from the pilot’s hangar in the southeast corner of the airport towards the runway 24 runup area. He could see the pilot was in the front left seat, and passenger in the front right seat. Security video footage revealed that the airplane was in the runup area for about 3 minutes and during that time although the left door was in the down position, it was not flush with the fuselage. Audio recordings provided by the Federal Aviation Administration indicated that about 1402, the pilot transmitted to the Fullerton control tower that he was ready to taxi to runway 24. The airplane was equipped with an Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) that was capable of recording multiple engine, airframe, and flight parameters. According to preliminary data extracted from the system, about 1407 the airplane began the takeoff roll, and by the time it had reached the end of the runway it had climbed to about 150 ft mean sea level (msl) (about 60 ft above ground level (agl)) and was traveling at a ground speed of about 108 knots. For the next 30 seconds the airplane remained on runway headin
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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.
