# Accident 20130627012689A: Dankelman Peter G RV-7A, Marion, TX, June 27, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2013, 21:16 local time
- Place: Marion, TX
- Airport: Zuehl
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5050° N, 98.0028° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5050&lon=-98.0028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N445RV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N445RV-2017-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dankelman Peter G RV-7A (registry code 05621JI, https://openairdocs.org/model/dankelman-peter-g-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aerosport O-360 A2A (registry code 01303, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerosport-o-360-a2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DANKELMAN PETER G RV-7A
- Reported engine: AEROSPORT O-360 A2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA377) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130627012689A

## Narrative

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

UPDATE: AUTOPSY REPORT DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2013; CAUSE OF DEATH ? PILOT ?SUCCUMBED TO A COMPLICATION OF HIS CARDIAC DISEASE WHILE PILOTING THE AIRCRAFT AND DIED PRIOR TO THE PLANE CRASHING.?

ORIGINAL:

FOLLOWING TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTED LANDINGS AT NIGHT, AT AN UNLIT PRIVATE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES AND ELECTRICAL POWER LINES.  A POST-CRASH FIRE COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND FATALITY.  CAUSE OF DEATH COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AS OF THE WRITING OF THIS REPORT.  RADAR DATA SHOWS THAT THE AIRCRAFT MANEUVERED IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT AT 200-400? AGL AFTER THE TWO ATTEMPTED LANDINGS.  THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT IMPACT.

## 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 CEN13LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA377), Jun 28, 2013: Dankelman Peter G RV-7A (N445RV), Marion, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s sudden incapacitation and natural death as a result of cardiovascular disease.

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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