# Accident 20220820014869A: Vaughan Gerald R SIDE WINDER TD, Wichita Falls, TX, August 20, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2022, 13:20 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Wichita Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9482° N, 98.6154° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9482&lon=-98.6154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60JV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60JV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vaughan Gerald R SIDE WINDER TD (registry code 0560525, https://openairdocs.org/model/vaughan-gerald-r-side-winder-td) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VAUGHAN GERALD R SIDE WINDER TD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 19,150 total, 1 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22FA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220820014869A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 20, 2022, ABOUT 1331 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A SMYTH SIDEWINDER TD, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON DEPARTURE NEAR WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.

THE PREVIOUS^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND NUMEROUS OTHERS AT THE AIRPORT WITNESSED THE AIRPLANE DEPART RUNWAY 13.

THEY OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE ALIGN WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND BEGIN TO ACCELERATE. THE PILOT APPEARED

TO BE MAKING A 3-POINT TAKEOFF WITH ALL THE LANDING GEAR REMAINING ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRPLANE

THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AT A SLOW SPEED AND BEGAN A LEFT TURN, CLIMBING TO ABOUT 50-75 FEET ABOVE GROUND

LEVEL (AGL). THE AIRPLANE ASSUMED A NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE AND THE LEFT TURN TIGHTENED. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED

TERRAIN ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY AND ERUPTED INTO FLAMES.

## 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 WPR22FA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA311), Aug 20, 2022: Smyth Sidewinder TD (N60JV), Wichita Falls, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inexperience with the airplane and inadequate takeoff procedures, which led to exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall during takeoff.

## Other reports on N60JV (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170128007239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170128007239A), Jan 28, 2017: Vaughan Gerald R SIDE WINDER TD (N60JV), Mccook, NE, Substantial damage. On January 28, 2017 at approximently 1700 hours CST, experimental amateur built aircraft, a sidewinder td, N60JV, serial number 1004 was touching down on…

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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