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FAA accident report · Hutchinson Kenneth A VELOCITY RG · Sanford, NC · September 25, 2011

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Date
September 25, 2011 · 12:43 local
Place
Sanford, NC
Airport
Raleigh Executive
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N360TV
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11FA504
Reported as
Hutchinson Kenneth A Velocity RG
Reported engine
Lycoming T0-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
375 total
N360TVRegistration cancelled Sep 8, 2017 · Hutchinson Kenneth A VELOCITY RGS/N DMO237 · Built 1996Airframe modelHutchinson Kenneth A VELOCITY RGEngine modelLycoming T0-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot /privacy data omitted of the aircraft arrived at the airport at approximately 12:00 p.m. on the date of the accident. He borrowed jumper cables from the FBO to start the aircraft and informed the line personnel that he was having electrical problems with the aircraft and was going to taxi the aircraft around to see if he could figure it out. At approximetly 12:40 p.m. the aircraft departed runway 03 at the tta airport and shortly afterwards crashed into a wooded area to the north of the airport. The student pilot in another aircraft in the traffic pattern reported seeing the aircraft in a descending left turn before it disappeared from sight. Immediately after the aircraft disappeared the student pilot reported that he saw a fireball and smoke. The aircraft was found in the wooded area completely destroyed by the impact and post impact fire. The pilot was able to escape from the aircraft wreckage and suffered severe burns from the fire. The pilot was taken to the nearest hospital by helicopter and died shortly after arriving at the hospital.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT /^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 P.M. ON THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT. HE BORROWED JUMPER CABLES FROM THE FBO TO START THE AIRCRAFT AND INFORMED THE LINE PERSONNEL THAT HE WAS HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS GOING TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TO SEE IF HE COULD FIGURE IT OUT.AT APPROXIMETLY 12:40 P.M. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 03 AT THE TTA AIRPORT AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE STUDENT PILOT IN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN REPORTED SEEING THE AIRCRAFT IN A DESCENDING LEFT TURN BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SAW A FIREBALL AND SMOKE.THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND IN THE WOODED AREA COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THE IMPACT AND POST IMPACT FIRE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE AND SUFFERED SEVERE BURNS FROM THE FIRE. THE PILOT WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL BY HELICOPTER AND DIED SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA11FA504Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportSanford, NCThe pilot/owner's intentional flight of his airplane with known mechanical discrepancies (frozen turbocharger waste gate), which resulted in a partial loss of engine power and subsequent collision with trees and terrain shortly after takeoff. Contributing to…Sep 25, 2011 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N360TV · 1

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

Incident 20000102000699ILevel Off Touchdown · Silver City, NM(-23) Right main wheel and brake broke off landing gear upon landing.Jan 2, 2000 · Minor damage