# Accident 20110907022979A: Riffel Jerris L RV-7A, Winfield, KS, September 7, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2011, 10:05 local time
- Place: Winfield, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2594° N, 96.9606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2594&lon=-96.9606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N554JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N554JR-2013-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Riffel Jerris L RV-7A (registry code 05627NZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/riffel-jerris-l-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1B (registry code 41858, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RIFFEL JERRIS L RV-7A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,328 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11FA634](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA634) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110907022979A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2011, ICT RADAR EAST RECIEVED A HANDOFF OF N554JR FOR VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING.  N554JR CHECKED IN WITH ICT APPROACH AT 14:59 UTC (09:59 A.M. LOCAL), LEVEL AT 8500.  AT 15:05:45, RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST.  SHORTLY AFTER CONTACT WAS LOST, A WITNESS CALLED 911 WINFIELD, KS, FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCH, REPORTING A SMALL SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FIELD NEAR HIS PROPERTY.  THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/8TH MILE NORTH OF 62ND ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WEST OF 111TH ROAD IN NORTHWEST COWLEY COUNTY KANSAS.   THE INITIAL REPORT BY LOCAL FIRE AND RESCUE PERSONNEL NOTED THAT NO PILOT, PASSENGER, OR HUMAN REMAINS WERE FOUND AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AND BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE WRECKAGE, THE IMPACT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SURVIVABLE.  APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS LATER, THE BODY AND SOME PERSONAL BELONGINGS WERE FOUND 3/4 MILE NORTH OF THE IMPACT LOCATION.

## 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 CEN11FA634](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA634), Sep 7, 2011: Riffel Jerris L RV-7A (N554JR), Winfield, KS, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s in-flight loss of control. Contributing to the pilot’s fatal injury was his failure to use the available restraint systems, which resulted in him falling through the open canopy when the…

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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