# Accident 20110915023059A: Cone James A RV-6A, West Jordan, UT, September 15, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2011, 12:35 local time
- Place: West Jordan, UT
- Airport: South Valley Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6083° N, 111.9747° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6083&lon=-111.9747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N641JC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N641JC-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cone James A RV-6A (registry code 056039T, https://openairdocs.org/model/cone-james-a-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONE JAMES A RV-6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 790 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11FA450](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA450) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110915023059A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2011, N641JC, A JAMES A. CONE RV-6A, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND NEAR AN ELEMENTRY SCHOOL IN WEST JORDAN, UT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.POST EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL IN THE TANKS OR ON THE GROUND INDICATING A LIKELIHOOD OF FUEL EXHAUSTION PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR11FA450](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA450), Sep 15, 2011: Cone James A RV-6A (N641JC), West Jordan, UT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s execution of an abrupt maneuver, likely to avoid birds, which resulted in a stall and spin.

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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