# Accident 20091005019519A: Turpen RV8, Scappoose, OR, October 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2009, 10:00 local time
- Place: Scappoose, OR
- Airport: Scappoose Industrial Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8867° N, 122.8992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8867&lon=-122.8992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61FS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61FS-2011-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Turpen Kenneth P RV-8 (registry code 056269Z, https://openairdocs.org/model/turpen-kenneth-p-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1B (registry code 41858, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TURPEN RV8
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 85 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091005019519A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR10LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA006), Oct 5, 2009: Turpen RV-8 (N61FS), Yankton, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate planning during an instrument approach and failure to maintain the published minimum altitudes, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

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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