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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cimino James L RV-8 · Snydersville, PA · September 17, 2019

Date: September 17, 2019 · 12:18 local
Place: Snydersville, PA
Airport: Pegasus Air Park
Phase of flight: Unknown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N7TL
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA19FA275
Reported as: Cimino James L RV-8
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-360-JC
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,845 total178 in this make and model

N7TLRegistration cancelled Jan 11, 2021 · Cimino James L RV-8S/N 80039 · Built 2001 Airframe modelCimino James L RV-8 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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An experimental amateur built Cimino vans RV8 airplane, was destroyed when it collided with terrain. The private pilot and the pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was registered to the pilot (and two co-owners) and operated by the pilot under the provisions of title 14 CFR part 91 as a personnel flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight that departed the Pegasus Air Park (50PA).

As the FAA filed it

AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT CIMINO VANS RV8 AIRPLANE, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THE PILOT-RATED PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO THE PILOT (AND TWO CO-OWNERS) AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AS A PERSONNEL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED THE PEGASUS AIR PARK (50PA).

NTSB investigation

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NTSB ERA19FA275Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportStroudsburg, PAThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane for undetermined reasons.Sep 17, 2019 · Destroyed