# Accident 20221021022299A: Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, Chandler, TX, October 21, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2022, 14:30 local time
- Place: Chandler, TX
- Airport: Tyler Pounds Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2654° N, 95.4978° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2654&lon=-95.4978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86GV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vans RV-12 (registry code 0690009, https://openairdocs.org/model/vans-rv-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-12
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,778 total, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221021022299A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TYR @ 1423.  CLIMBED TO APPROX. 5475 FEET AT 79 KNOTS, IAW ADS-B DATA. AIRCRAFT THEN ACCELERRATED TO 93 KNOTS, BEGAN A DESCENDING RH TURN, SPEED INCREASED TO GPS-DERIVED 134 KNOTS WITH AN AVERAGE VERTICAL SPEED OF -3600 FPM.  AT THAT POINT, ADS-B DERIVED LATERAL MOTION APPEARS TO HAVE STOPPED, AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENT CONTINUED AT APPROXIMATELY 4000 FPM.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED INTO LAKE PALESTINE, APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE INTO THREE FEET OF WATER, AT A VERY HIGH ANGLE AND HIGH VELOCITY.  IMPACT OCCURRED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 7 MINUTES OF FLIGHT.

## 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 CEN23FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA016), Oct 21, 2022: Vans RV-12 (N86GV), Chandler, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of control inflight for reasons that could not be determined.

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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