# Accident 20100619036129A: Oliver Robe VANS RV-9A, May, ID, June 19, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2010, 11:00 local time
- Place: May, ID
- Airport: May
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6103° N, 113.8947° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6103&lon=-113.8947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N559B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N559B-2014-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Oliver Robert K VANS RV-9A (registry code 05627PC, https://openairdocs.org/model/oliver-robert-k-vans-rv-9a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320-D1A (registry code 42394, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-d1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: OLIVER ROBE VANS RV-9A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING YIO-320-D1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA299) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100619036129A

## Narrative

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

WHILE MANUEVERING IN THE PATTERN  FOR LANDING AT MAY, ID THE PILOT ALLOWED HIS AIRCRAFT TO ENTER A STALL AT 200 FT AGL AND MADE 1/2 ROTATION IN A SPIN FROM WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER AND IMACTED THE GROUND.THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT AND 2 OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE FLYING TOGETHER. THEY HAD STOPPED IN CHALLIS, ID FOR FUEL AND WERE LANDING IN MAY, ID FOR LUNCH. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT HAD LANDED FIRST WERE WATCHING THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT LAND. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS ENTERING A CROSSWIND AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL HEADING ALMOST DUE NORTH, WHICH WOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM OVER MID FIELD. AFTER THE TURN TO THE CROSSWIND THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO SLOW AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND SPUN. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A 1/2 ROTATION TO THE LF AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A 70 TO 80 DEGREE ANGLE. THE HEADING OF THE AIRCRAFT AT REST  WAS 225 DEGREES.

## 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 WPR10LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA299), Jun 19, 2010: Oliver Vans RV-9A (N559B), May, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during maneuvering flight due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's ingestion of an impairing level of…

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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