# Accident 20100115028109A: Steele Samu RV-4, Picayune, MS, January 15, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2010, 16:45 local time
- Place: Picayune, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5556° N, 89.4558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5556&lon=-89.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N107SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N107SS-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Steele Samuel D RV-4 (registry code 05608CV, https://openairdocs.org/model/steele-samuel-d-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEELE SAMU RV-4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,859 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100115028109A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT/A&P/OWNER, WAS WORKING ON THE AUTO PILOT, ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT TOOK A PASSENGER FOR THE TEST FLIGHT, OF THE AUTO PILOT.  A WITNESS OBSERVED THE PLANE 1,600 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY, DOING A FLYBY AT ABOUT 50 FEET AGL.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 1,630 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY, IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND WITH EVIDENCE OF A SPIN TO THE LEFT.  WEIGHT AND BALANCE INFORMATION SHOWED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS 267 LBS OVER THE RECOMMENDED GROSS WEIGHT AND 389 LBS OVER THE ACROBATIC GROSS WEIGHT.  THE CENTER OF GRAVITY (CG) CALCULATIONS SHOWED THE CG WAS 0.27 BEHIND THE DESIGN CG AND 1.77 BEHIND THE AEROBATIC CG LIMIT.

## 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 ERA10LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA120), Jan 15, 2010: Steele Samuel D RV-4 (N107SS), Picayune, MS, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was the overweight and aft-center-of-gravity condition of the airplane at…

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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