# Accident 20090816049219A: From Here T RV-8, Tea, SD, August 16, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2009, 13:11 local time
- Place: Tea, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4464° N, 96.8375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4464&lon=-96.8375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98AW-2009-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: From Here To There PDQ RV-8 (registry code 056113K, https://openairdocs.org/model/from-here-to-there-pdq-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FROM HERE T RV-8
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR LYCOMING
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,950 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA523](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA523) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090816049219A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 16, 2009, PILOT TODD E. ESLICK AND A PASSENGER FLEW N98AW, AN EXPERIMENTAL RV-8 AIRCRAFT, TO A PRACTICE AREA ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF TEA, SD. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE PRACTICING AEROBATICS. ACCORDING TO EYE WITNESSES THE PILOT WAS GOING UP VERTICAL AND SPINNING DOWN. ON THE SECOND TIME DOWN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THERE WERE 2 FATALITIES.  THE PILOT HELD A AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## 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 CEN09LA523](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA523), Aug 16, 2009: From Here To There PDQ RV-8 (N98AW), Tea, SD, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during recovery from an aerobatic maneuver.

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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