# Accident 20140909017169A: George Henry Nolin VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-10, La Porte, TX, September 9, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2014, 15:12 local time
- Place: La Porte, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6072° N, 95.1586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6072&lon=-95.1586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104HN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N104HN-2018-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: George Henry Nolin VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-10 (registry code 05633CL, https://openairdocs.org/model/george-henry-nolin-van-s-aircraft-rv-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-D4A5 (registry code 41798, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-d4a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GEORGE HENRY NOLIN VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-10
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 29 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA495](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA495) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140909017169A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LEFT EFD FOR RWJ TO DO TOUCH AND GO AND LANDING PRACTICE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN DURING TAXI AT RWJ. PILOT RESTARTED ENGINE AND TAXIIED AT 1175 RPM TO AVOID SIMILAR ISSUE. DEPARTED RWJ FOR EFD AND PASSENGER NOTICED ENGINE SPUTTERED. PILOT TURNED ON FUEL BOOST PUMP AND BELIEVES HE SWITCHED TANKS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. ENGINE QUIT ENTIRELY ABOUT 4 MILES FROM EFD. PLANE WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET, EFD PATTERN ALTITUDE. EFD SUGGESTED LAPORTE OR 17L, BUT PILOT DID NOT HAVE ALTITUDE FOR EITHER. PILOT LANDED IN FIELD, MANUVERING TO AVOID TREES. DRAGGED RIGHT WINGTIP WHILE LANDING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, THEN IMPACTED GROUND HARD ON ALL THREE WHEELS, SHEARING NOSE WHEEL OFF. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 50 YARDS OR SO BEFORE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, THEN AIRCRAFT PIVOTED LEFT TO COME TO REST ON A SOUTHEASTERLY HEADING. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO RIGHT AND LEFT WINGS WITH EVIDENCE OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DUE TO CRUMPLED SKIN AT THE LEFT WING ROOT. PROPELLER WAS BENT AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING WAS CRUSHED. PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED WITH NO APPARENT INJURIES.

## 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 CEN14LA495](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA495), Sep 9, 2014: Nolin Vans RV-10 (N104HN), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examination.

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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