# Accident 20110927024019A: Vans RV-10, Marietta, OH, September 27, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2011, 19:16 local time
- Place: Marietta, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3653° N, 81.5283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3653&lon=-81.5283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N499RV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N499RV-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ronald L Owen VANS RV-10 (registry code 056304Q, https://openairdocs.org/model/ronald-l-owen-vans-rv-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 (registry code 41651, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-c4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VANS RV-10
- Reported engine: LYCOMING X10-540-540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA669](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA669) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110927024019A

## Narrative

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

09-27-11:AIRCRAFT N499RV, INBOUND TO PKB (PARKERSBURG, WV), ENCOUNTERED ENGINE TROUBLE...WITNESSES ON THE GROUND REPORTED HEARING A BANG AND OBSERVED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1716 @ FL30 THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTACTED PKB (PARKERSBURG, WV) TOWER THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE OHIO RIVER ON APPROACH TO PKB (PARKERSBURG, WV), WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT. OIL COVERED THE WINDSHIELD, RPM SOARED, THROTTLED BACK, PROPELLER OVERSPEED @ FL28.  AIRCRAFT CROSSED STATE ROUTE 7 AND IMPACTED DURING A CONTROLLED CRASH ON THE PROPERTY OF ERAMET MARIETTA INC., IN A WOODED AREA, LOCATED BETWEEN STATE ROUTE 7 AND THE OHIO RIVER. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPENED THE GULLWING DOORS PRIOR TO IMPACT IN A WOODED AREA AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, AFTER ROTATING APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES.  THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES, AND WAS DESTROYED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED BURNS AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY AIR MED EVACUATED TO OSU MEDICAL CENTER, COLUMBUS, OHIO.

## 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 CEN11LA669](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA669), Sep 27, 2011: Owen Vans RV-10 (N499RV), Marietta, OH, destroyed. Probable cause: The in-flight engine fire and loss of engine power due to an improperly installed fuel injector nozzle during a recent engine overhaul.

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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