# Accident 20190917023089A: Cimino James L RV-8, Snydersville, PA, September 17, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2019, 12:18 local time
- Place: Snydersville, PA
- Airport: Pegasus Air Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5700° N, 75.1800° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5700&lon=-75.1800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7TL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7TL-2021-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cimino James L RV-8 (registry code 0561161, https://openairdocs.org/model/cimino-james-l-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIMINO JAMES L RV-8
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-JC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,845 total, 178 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19FA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA275) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190917023089A

## Narrative

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

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).

## 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 ERA19FA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA275), Sep 17, 2019: Vans RV 8 (N7TL), Stroudsburg, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane for undetermined reasons.

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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