- Date
- October 21, 2026, 15:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Geneseo, IL
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N818TCHowell Mark R RV-8
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Case key
- 204051
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N818TC
- Reported as
- Howell Mark R RV-8
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howell Mark R
N818TCRegistered now · Howell Mark R RV-8Airframe modelHowell Mark R RV-8Engine modelLycoming YIO-390 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.