# Accident 20100719038399A: Texas Air V COMP AIR 8, Mount Pleasant, SC, July 19, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2010, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mount Pleasant, SC
- Airport: Mt Pleasant Regional-Faison Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8978° N, 79.7828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8978&lon=-79.7828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N882X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N882X-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Texas Air Ventures COMP AIR 8 (registry code 05614ZW, https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-air-ventures-comp-air-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXAS AIR V COMP AIR 8
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR WALTERS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 5 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA365) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100719038399A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 19, 2010, ABOUT 1400 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL, AMATEUR-BUILT TEXAS AIR VENTURES COMP AIR 8, N882X, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING AN ABORTED LANDING AT MT. PLEASANT REGIONAL AIRPORT (LRO), MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT (COI), MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA, ABOUT 1200. THE FERRY FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.

## 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 ERA10LA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA365), Jul 19, 2010: Texas Air Ventures Comp AIR 8 (N882X), Mount Pleasant, SC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to retrim the airplane and maintain aircraft control during an aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of…

## Other reports on N882X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040516009499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040516009499I), May 16, 2004: Amtr COMPAIR8 (N882X), Pryor, OK, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing the right side tire was flat. The aircraft started to skid/slide which caused the left wheel/tire to break off from the aircraft landing…

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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