# Accident 20130920019159A: Brown Robert K RV7A, May Landing, NJ, September 20, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2013, 16:51 local time
- Place: May Landing, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5064° N, 74.7006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5064&lon=-74.7006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N174BK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N174BK-2014-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brown Robert K RV7A (registry code 05621NQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/brown-robert-k-rv7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior IO-360 series (registry code 59251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BROWN ROBERT K RV7A
- Reported engine: SUPERIOR IO-360-B1AA3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA424) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130920019159A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPT 20, 2013, N174BK, PILOTED BY OWNER ANTHONY KELLY, DEPARTED FROM CROSS KEYS AIRPORT (17N) AT APPROXIMATELY 4:36 PM LOCAL TIME. SUBSEQUENTLY TO IN-FLIGHT BREAK UP, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE ATLANTIC CITY AIRPORT (ACY) AT ROUGHLY 4:55 PM LOCAL TIME.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS ACCIDENT REVEALED THE FOLLOWING FACTS; A DEBRIS FIELD WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE( ¾) FROM THE MAIN AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SITE AND WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF A MILE (1/4) WIDE AND A HALF MILE IN LENGTH (1/2), IN A NORTHWESTERLY HEADING TOWARD THE IMPACTED SITE. OBJECTS FOUND IN THE DEBRIS PATH INCLUDED THE BOTTOM PART OF RUDDER, VERTICAL STABILIZER, CENTER PART OF RUDDER SKIN, RUDDER BALANCE WEIGHT, CANOPY, LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, RIGHT WING TIP, AND LEFT ELEVATOR. OTHER ITEMS FOUND IN THIS AREA INCLUDED ONE HEAD SET AND ONE FLY- AWAY BACKPACK.

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND, THEN INVERTED, CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED BY THIS IMPACT AND POST-CRASH FIRE.

## 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 ERA13FA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA424), Sep 20, 2013: Brown Robert K RV7A (N174BK), Hamilton Township, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper aerobatic maneuver that resulted in a loss of control, exceedance of the airplane's design limitations, and a subsequent in-flight breakup of the airplane.

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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