Final Report: RV-7A Accident

[Michael Burbidge]

I ran across this report because Wentworth just bought the remains of the aircraft and has the engine for sale. So I did some research on the aircraft.

https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105026/pdf

Moral of the story: Don’t drink and fly. And you probably don’t want the engine.

By the way there is a closed thread on this accident from when it happened.

I hope the gentleman recovered!

 

[Pilot135pd]

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot’s impairment due to the effects of ethanol,


That's why I use Non-Ethanol fuel when I can.

 

[airguy]

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot’s impairment due to the effects of ethanol,


That's why I use Non-Ethanol fuel when I can.

Ouch!!!

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot’s impairment due to the effects of ethanol,


That's why I use Non-Ethanol fuel when I can.

.172 - nice.... Pilot was "gutentanked"

 

[RV7A Flyer]

"If you're gonna be drinkin', ya gotta be eatin'!" - Breakfast hostess at our hotel morning of the Kentucky Derby

 

[jrs14855]

"If you're gonna be drinkin', ya gotta be eatin'!" - Breakfast hostess at our hotel morning of the Kentucky Derby

Befroe drug alcohol testing this used to be a significant problem in 135 and even 121 pilots. I rode form the airport hotel to the terminal with a crew that were probably not fit to fly. There was a period, I think in the late 80's, when a Northwest Pilot got caught. lots of negative press. The Lauderdale paper did an editorial cartoon with the Capt holding a big mug of beer. The caption was the Flight Attendant announcing: "Don't worry about the Captain, he's a big husky Scandinvian boy who can really hold his booze". "As the prop turns".

 

[PhatRV]

I thought it is funny from the interview of the pilot:

"The pilot reported that he had not eaten that day but had consumed one beer while in Dallas. He recalled consuming additional alcoholic beverages in the airplane on the flight back to Huntsville but recalled nothing after the airplane crossed into Mississippi."

Maybe somebody didn't want the FAA ramp inspector to find open bottles after landing.

 

[Bavafa]

I wonder how much he drinks when he is not flying. If you can not go without a drink for the period that you are flying an airplane.....

 

[skylor]

I wonder how much he drinks when he is not flying. If you can not go without a drink for the period that you are flying an airplane.....

I think he must have been impaired when he originally registered his aircraft because the FAA N-Number inquiry lists the RV-7A as a "powered parachute".

Skylor