# Accident 20191006016939A: N10lg Partners LANCAIR LEGACY, Bixby, MO, October 6, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2019, 08:47 local time
- Place: Bixby, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3614° N, 91.0669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3614&lon=-91.0669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10LG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10LG-2021-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: N10lg Partners LANCAIR LEGACY (registry code 05637O7, https://openairdocs.org/model/n10lg-partners-lancair-legacy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: N10LG PARTNERS LANCAIR LEGACY
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,590 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191006016939A

## Narrative

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

10/6/2019 ST. LOUIS FSDO WAS INFORMED OF A FATAL AIRCRAFT CRASH IN A WOODED AREA SOUTH OF BIXBY MO. THE INSPECTOR WHO RECEIVED THE INITIAL CALL WAS INFORMED THAT AROUND 0847 AN ELT TRANSMISSION WAS RECEIVED AND THAT CIVIL AIR PATROL HAD LOCATED ACCIDENT SOMETIME AROUND 1615. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD AND WAS FATALLY INJURED.

10//7/2019 DATA WAS COLLECTED INDICATING AIRCRAFT N10LG A LANCAIR LEGACY DEPARTED CREVE COEUR AIRPORT (1H0) SOMETIME AROUND 0825, AND DEPATURED THE AREA  TO THE SOUTH WITHOUT MAKING RADIO CONTACT OR CREATING A FLIGHT PLAN. AFTER SPEAKING WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD BEEN WITH THE PILOT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFTS DESTINATION WAS SPICEWOOD (88R), THE PILOTS HOME AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED SOMETIME AROUND 0847 IN A WOODED AREA SOUTHWEST OF BIXBY MO, ABOUT 300 YARDS OFF FOREST ROAD 2369. THE NEAREST WEATHER REPORTING KTBN FORT LEONARD WOOD  INDICATED THAT NEAR THE TIME OF THE CRASH LOW CEILINGS AND RAIN/DRIZZLE WERE PRESENT. SPECI KTBN 060811Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM OVC021 18/16 A3004 RMK AO2 RAE09DZB09E11 SLP166. THIS DATA WAS CONFIRMED BY WITNESS AND RECOVERY OFFICIALS STATEMENTS THAT WERE PRESENT ON THE DAY OF THE CRASH.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED FROM IMPACT WITH TERRAIN AND TREES, COMING TO REST RIGHT SIDE UP. THE DEBRIS FIELD WAS CONFINED TO AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 50X50 INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD VERY LITTLE FORWARD AIRSPEED AND AN ALMOST LEVEL ATTITUDE UPON IMPACT.

## 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 CEN20FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA003), Oct 6, 2019: Lancair Legacy (N10LG), Bixby, MO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation.

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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