# Accident 20100819041339A: Miller Char VANS RV-7A, El Dorado, AR, August 19, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2010, 20:48 local time
- Place: El Dorado, AR
- Airport: El Dorado  Sa Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2192° N, 92.8078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2192&lon=-92.8078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N474JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N474JM-2010-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Miller Charles W VANS RV-7A (registry code 056266X, https://openairdocs.org/model/miller-charles-w-vans-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior IO-360 series (registry code 59251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MILLER CHAR VANS RV-7A
- Reported engine: SUPERIOR IO-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 110 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA497](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA497) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100819041339A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 19, 2010, AT 2045 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CHARLES W MILLERRANS RV-7A, COLLIDED WITH HEAVILY WOODED TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF FROM THE SOUTH ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT (ELD), ELDORADO, ARKANSAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT/REGISTERED OWNER WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.THE PILOT PURCHASED 14.5 GALLONS OF FUEL AT THE AIRPORT AROUND 1700 ANDWAITED FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA BEFORE HE DEPARTED. A WITNESS LOCATED AT THE AIRPORT OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE DEPART RUNWAY 31 AROUND 2045 AND CLIMB TO AN APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE OF 300-400 FEET BEFORE IT ENTERED A "NORMAL" TURN TO THE WEST. HE DID NOT OBSERVE ANYTHING ABNORMAL WITH THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE WAS REPORTED OVERDUE AND AN ALNOT WAS ISSUED. SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS FOUND THE AIRPLANE ON AUGUST 23, 2010, APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 31 IN HEAVILY WOODED TERRAIN.THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE TIP OF ONE TREE THEN MADE A SHARP DESCENT. THE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER TREE AND WAS PARTIALLY WRAPPED AROUND THE TREE. THE ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 CEN10LA497](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA497), Aug 20, 2010: Miller Charles W Vans RV-7A (N474JM), El Dorado, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with trees on takeoff at night. Contributing factors were fatigue and the pilot's lack of recent nighttime experience.

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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