20091005019519A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Turpen RV-8 · Scappoose, OR · October 5, 2009

Date: October 5, 2009 · 10:00 local
Place: Scappoose, OR
Airport: Scappoose Industrial Airpark
Phase of flight: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N61FS
NTSB investigation: NTSBWPR10LA006
Reported as: Turpen RV8
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360B1B
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,000 total85 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

N61FSRegistration cancelled Dec 8, 2011 · Turpen Kenneth P RV-8S/N 82448 Airframe modelTurpen Kenneth P RV-8 Engine modelLycoming IO-360-B1BReciprocating

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What happened

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The pilot in command departed bremerton national airport (pwt) in his RV-8 airplane, N61FS, for Scappoose airport (spb) with intentions to purchase fuel. As the aircraft approached spb, the pilot in command received a pop-up IFR clearance for an approach into spb. The reported weather for spb was instrument metrological conditions. On a five mile final, N61FS inexplicably departed control flight and crashed into a heavily wooded area. The pilot in command was seriously injured, and the RV-8 was destroyed.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT IN COMMAND DEPARTED BREMERTON NATIONAL AIRPORT (PWT) IN HIS RV-8 AIRPLANE, N61FS, FOR SCAPPOOSE AIRPORT (SPB) WITH INTENTIONS TO PURCHASE FUEL. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED SPB, THE PILOT IN COMMAND RECEIVED A POP-UP IFR CLEARANCE FOR AN APPROACH INTO SPB. THE REPORTED WEATHER FOR SPB WAS INSTRUMENT METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. ON A FIVE MILE FINAL, N61FS INEXPLICABLY DEPARTED CONTROL FLIGHT AND CRASHED INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND THE RV-8 WAS DESTROYED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB WPR10LA006Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportYankton, ORThe pilot's inadequate planning during an instrument approach and failure to maintain the published minimum altitudes, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.Oct 5, 2009 · Substantial damage