- Date
- February 24, 2022, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pinon, AZ · mountainous terrain
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N207RVRoss Jonathan RV-8
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20220224002489A
- Case key
- 104700
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines during low-level flight.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during low-level flight, the airplane struck a power distribution line. Subsequently, the top section of the vertical stabilizer and rudder separated and sustained substantial damage. The pilot landed at a nearby airfield without further incident. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions of failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N207RV
- Reported as
- Ross Jonathan RV-8
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 80094
- Built
- 2004
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · September 2, 2021 · 867 hours before
- Departed
- FMN · Farmington, NM
- Destination
- L00 · Rosamond, CA
- Airport
- PRC · Prescott Regional Airport, runway 21, 7,619 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 4, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 37 in this make and model · 2,652 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KFLG, 109 nm away
- METAR
- KFLG 241557Z VRB03KT 10SM M06/M13 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP204 T10611133
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 19, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.