# Accident 20080407836889A: Cartwr RV10, Phenix City, AL, April 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2008, 12:26 local time
- Place: Phenix City, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3664° N, 85.1494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3664&lon=-85.1494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210HM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210HM-2010-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cartwright H Jr/Cottrell M RV-10 (registry code 05622IC, https://openairdocs.org/model/cartwright-h-jr-cottrell-m-rv-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 (registry code 41651, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-c4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CARTWR RV10
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 64 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080407836889A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VFT FROM LEBANON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (M54) IN TENNESSEE FOR DIRECT FLIGHT TO EUFAULA, ALABAMA (EUF) FILING IFR IN FLIGHT ON 04/07/2008.  WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT OVER PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ALTITUDE, ENTERED CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN LEAVING AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.  PILOT AND PASSENGER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES UPON IMPACT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC08FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA157), Apr 7, 2008: Cartwright H Jr/Cottrell M RV-10 (N210HM), Seale, AL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's in-flight loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident were the weather conditions and the pilot-in-command's lack of flight experience in the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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