# NTSB CEN11WA458: Vans RV6, Shoreham, United Kingdom, July 4, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 4, 2011, 15:28 local (15:28 UTC)
- Place: Shoreham, United Kingdom
- Coordinates: 50.835556, -0.297222 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=50.8356&lon=-0.2972&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Maneuvering: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250); [Maneuvering: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Air Accidents Investigations Branch
- NTSB case key (mKey): 81026
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN11WA458
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81026/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11WA458

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)
- [Maneuvering: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative (aircraft 2)

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 1

- Registration: G-RVGC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: G-CEZR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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.

- 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

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.

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