What happened
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On may 31, 2014, about 1620 pacific daylight time, a single-engine experimental Nebert vans RV-10,N62DN, experienced a loss of power and departed controlled flight while the pilot was maneuvering for a forced landing. The private pilot and four-year old passenger were fatally injured; the adult passenger sustained serious injuries. The flight departed Newport Municipal Airport, Newport, Oregon with a planned destination of seattle, Washington. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. Witnesses located in Toledo reported observing the airplane flying at a low altitude from the north. The witnesses reported hearing no sound from the airplane's engine and saw it progressively descend in altitude. The airplane approached the Georgia pacific paper mill and made a steep turn to the left. The airplane subsequently made a rapid descent and impacted terrain in a nose-low near vertical attitude. The accident site was located in the paper mill adjacent to the yaquina river in Toledo, Oregon, with the debris confined to the immediate area near the main wreckage.
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 31, 2014, ABOUT 1620 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A SINGLE-ENGINE EXPERIMENTAL NEBERT VANS RV-10,N62DN, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT WHILE THE PILOT WAS MANEUVERING FOR A FORCED LANDING. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND FOUR-YEAR OLD PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED; THE ADULT PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED NEWPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEWPORT, OREGON WITH A PLANNED DESTINATION OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. WITNESSES LOCATED IN TOLEDO REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRPLANE FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE FROM THE NORTH. THE WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING NO SOUND FROM THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE AND SAW IT PROGRESSIVELY DESCEND IN ALTITUDE. THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED THE GEORGIA PACIFIC PAPER MILL AND MADE A STEEP TURN TO THE LEFT. THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY MADE A RAPID DESCENT AND IMPACTED TERRAIN IN A NOSE-LOW NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOCATED IN THE PAPER MILL ADJACENT TO THE YAQUINA RIVER IN TOLEDO, OREGON, WITH THE DEBRIS CONFINED TO THE IMMEDIATE AREA NEAR THE MAIN WRECKAGE.
NTSB investigation
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