# Accident 20170929016079A: Threet Richard L VANS RV-7A, Itasca, TX, September 29, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2017, 12:35 local time
- Place: Itasca, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1169° N, 97.1397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1169&lon=-97.1397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N712RL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: THREET RICHARD L VANS RV-7A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,195 total, 109 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17CA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17CA371) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170929016079A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1235 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A RICHARD L THREET, RV-7A, N712RL, OWNED BY CSM AVIATION LLC, AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHILE DESCINDING ON A PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT, CONTACTED ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION AND TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS LINES BEFORE IMPACTED TERRAIN, COMING TO REST INVERTED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT FOLLOWING FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LONGMONT COLORADO (KLMO) AT APPROXIMATELY 0715 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME (MDT).

## 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 CEN17CA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17CA371), Sep 29, 2017: Vans RV7 (N712RL), Itasca, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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