What happened
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(-23) On may 1st, 2007 inspectors from the las vegas flight standards district office (WP-19) arrived on scene to investigate a fatal crash involving an experimentally certificated vegas sport flyer, N169BC, serial number 01. The aircraft departed runway 21 from the Sandy Valley airport enroute to pahrump Nevada and crashed approximately 1.5 miles from the airport. The aircraft wreckage had been subjected to a post crash fire which consumed all of the aircraft covering and the majority of the left wing. The cockpit, engine and victim also suffered substantial fire damage. The initial point of impact was noted as being approximately 30 feet from the aircraft. The vast majority of all wreckage and damage was confined to an area approximately 40 feet away from and surrounding the aircraft. A garmin GPS pilot iii unit and tail wheel were found approximately 40 feet from the aircraft and the left main wheel was found approximately 100 feet from the aircraft. The general heading of the aircraft after impact was approximately 222 degrees. The empennage of the aircraft was bent to the right of the fuselage as viewed from the rear. The remaining portions of the left wing that were not consumed by the fire were found wrapped against the left side of the fuselage. The engine was facing in generally the opposite direction of the aircraft with one of the three propeller blades still attached to the prop hub. The remnants of the right wing were still attached to the aircraft at the lower strut attachment point. Continuity of the rudder cables and elevator push/pull tubes were confirmed. Continuity of both control sticks and flap handle back to the aileron/flap mixing bell crank was confirmed. Due to severe fire damage and melting of the aluminum structure continuity from the aileron/flap bell crank to the flaperons as well as engine controls could not be confirmed.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON MAY 1ST, 2007 INSPECTORS FROM THE LAS VEGAS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (WP-19) ARRIVED ON SCENE TO INVESTIGATE A FATAL CRASH INVOLVING AN EXPERIMENTALLY CERTIFICATED VEGAS SPORT FLYER, N169BC, SERIAL NUMBER 01. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 21 FROM THE SANDY VALLEY AIRPORT ENROUTE TO PAHRUMP NEVADA AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO A POST CRASH FIRE WHICH CONSUMED ALL OF THE AIRCRAFT COVERING AND THE MAJORITY OF THE LEFT WING. THE COCKPIT, ENGINE AND VICTIM ALSO SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL FIRE DAMAGE. THE INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT WAS NOTED AS BEING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF ALL WRECKAGE AND DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET AWAY FROM AND SURROUNDING THE AIRCRAFT. A GARMIN GPS PILOT III UNIT AND TAIL WHEEL WERE FOUND APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE GENERAL HEADING OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IMPACT WAS APPROXIMATELY 222 DEGREES. THE EMPENNAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS BENT TO THE RIGHT OF THE FUSELAGE AS VIEWED FROM THE REAR. THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE LEFT WING THAT WERE NOT CONSUMED BY THE FIRE WERE FOUND WRAPPED AGAINST THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE ENGINE WAS FACING IN GENERALLY THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH ONE OF THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES STILL ATTACHED TO THE PROP HUB. THE REMNANTS OF THE RIGHT WING WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT AT THE LOWER STRUT ATTACHMENT POINT. CONTINUITY OF THE RUDDER CABLES AND ELEVATOR PUSH/PULL TUBES WERE CONFIRMED. CONTINUITY OF BOTH CONTROL STICKS AND FLAP HANDLE BACK TO THE AILERON/FLAP MIXING BELL CRANK WAS CONFIRMED. DUE TO SEVERE FIRE DAMAGE AND MELTING OF THE ALUMINUM STRUCTURE CONTINUITY FROM THE AILERON/FLAP BELL CRANK TO THE FLAPERONS AS WELL AS ENGINE CONTROLS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.