- Date
- July 4, 2011, 15:28 local (15:28 UTC)
- Place
- Shoreham, United Kingdom
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- G-RVGCVans RV6G-CEZRDiamond DA40
- Defining events
- Maneuvering: Midair collisionManeuvering: Midair collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Air Accidents Investigations Branch
- Case key
- 81026
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Vans RV6
Diamond DA40
Factual narrative
On July 4, 2011, at 1528 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Vans RV-6A single-engine airplane, G-RVCG, and a Diamond DA-40 single-engine airplane, G-CEZR, collided in midair while maneuvering near Shoreham, West Sussex, United Kingdom. G-RVGC was destroyed and G-CEZR sustained substantial damage. The pilot of G-RVCG was fatally injured and the two occupants of G-CEZR were not injured. The two local flights departed Shoreham, West Sussex, United Kingdom, at an unknown time. The accident is being investigated by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), United Kingdom.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- G-RVGC
- Reported as
- Vans RV6 (A)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- Shoreham
- Destination
- Shoreham
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Registration
- G-CEZR
- Reported as
- Diamond DA40 (D)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Flying Time Ltd
- Registered owner
- Flying Time Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- Shoreham
- Destination
- Shoreham
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft 1
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Medical
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- EGKA