# Accident 20161007013609A: Algimantas Jonusas RV-10, Hotsprings, VA, October 7, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hotsprings, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9761° N, 79.8619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9761&lon=-79.8619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100UK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100UK-2017-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Algimantas Jonusas RV-10 (registry code 05632E1, https://openairdocs.org/model/algimantas-jonusas-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: ALGIMANTAS JONUSAS RV-10
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 695 total, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17CA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161007013609A

## Narrative

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

INVESTIGATION ONGOING. WORKING WITH THE PILOT FOR MORE INFORMATION. THE PILOT IS INJURED AND IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR APPOINTMENTS. HE IS RESPONDING THE BEST HE CAN.

THE PILOT CLAIMS TO HAVE GATHERED THE PROPER WEATHER INFORMATION FOR HIS DIRECT ROUTE OF FLIGHT FROM KJVY TO W29. HIS FLIGHTPLAN.COM BRIEFING SHOWED HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT AS ALL VFR. THE ONLY WAY THIS COULD BE POSSIBLE IS IF HIS ORIGINAL PLANNING OCCURRED FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. THE WEATHER WAS ACTUALLY SHOWING AND FORECASTING DETERIORATING WEATHER AND MOSTLY IMC ACROSS HIS ENTIRE FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO DESCEND DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER AND LOWER CEILINGS. BY THE MID-POINT OF HIS FLIGHT PLAN HE DECIDED HE NEEDED TO DIVERT TO ANOTHER AIRPORT TO AVOID WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS UNFORECAST WEATHER. HE CHOSE THE CLOSEST AIRPORT TO HIM. HE ALSO DID NOT USE HIS ORIGINALLY PLANNED ALTERNATE. USING AVIONICS ON BOARD HE SELECTED TO GO TO KSHP. THIS HAPPENS TO BE SITTING ON TERRAIN AT 3,790 FEET AND IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ELEVATED AIRPORTS ON THE EAST COAST. THE PILOT UNKNOWLINGLY HAD HIMSELF POINTING AT A MOUNTAIN. HE CONTINUALLY RECEIVED TERRAIN WARNINGS FROM HIS AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUED TO KHSP. PRIOR TO KHSP HE CRASHED AND ONLY AT THIS TIME DID HE TRY TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT NEVER SOUGHT THE HELP OF ATC.

## 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 ERA17CA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA008), Oct 7, 2016: Algimantas Jonusas RV-10 (N100UK), Ashwood, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight weather planning and continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in impact with trees and terrain.

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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