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Location: Van Cleve, KY
Accident Number: ERA21FA229
Date & Time: May 24, 2021, 13:30 Local
Registration: N284RM
Aircraft: MUNSON ROGER J RV-8
Injuries: 1 Fatal
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal
On May 24, 2021, about 1330 central daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built, Rans RV-8, N284RM, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Van Cleve, Kentucky. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The flight originated from Green Cove springs, Florida (7FL4), with a fuel stop at Pickens County Airport (LQK), Pickens, South Carolina. According to air traffic control) data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration, after departure from LQK, the airplane made a climbing left turn and a series of turns gradually climbing en route until reaching about 9,000 ft mean sea level. When the airplane reached the vicinity of Van Cleve, Kentucky, the pilot declared an emergency, stating that “he had lost oil pressure and the engine failed.” Air traffic control advised the pilot of an airport at his “2 o’clock and 3 miles;” the pilot stated he did not have the airport in sight and opted to perform a forced landing to a field. The airplane was observed on radar in a 270° turn while descending with decreasing ground speed until flight track data was lost.
According to a witness, the airplane flew over the top of a mountain and was “smoking” prior to ground impact. The airplane was in a left bank and the nose of the airplane hit the ground with the engine area on fire. Shortly after the airplane came to rest, the witness started to walk toward the airplane. He then heard an explosion and observed the airplane on fire.
The airplane came to rest on a heading 353°. All four corners of the airplane and all flight control surfaces were accounted for at the accident site. The fuselage from the firewall to about 2 ft forward of the empennage was destroyed by the post impact fire. Flight control continuity was observed from the flight control surfaces to the fire damaged area within the cockpit. The flight instruments and flight controls within the cockpit were destroyed by fire. Initial examination of the engine revealed that the accessory section was fire damaged. The airplane was recovered for further examination.
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: MUNSON ROGER J
Registration: N284RM
Model/Series: RV-8
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Amateur Built: Yes
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Operator Designator Code:
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: VMC
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: JKL,1380 ft msl
Observation Time: 12:53 Local
Distance from Accident Site: 10 Nautical Miles
Temperature/Dew Point: 28°C /16°C
Lowest Cloud Condition: Clear
Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: / ,
Lowest Ceiling: None
Visibility: 10 miles
Altimeter Setting: 30.24 inches Hg
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Departure Point: Pickens, SC (LQK)
Destination:
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 Fatal
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Passenger Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Fire: On-ground
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 1 Fatal
Latitude, Longitude: 37.617145,-83.388906 (est)
Those who may have information that might be relevant to the National Transportation Safety Board investigation may contact them by email eyewitnessreport@ntsb.gov, and any friends and family who want to contact investigators about the accident should email assistance@ntsb.gov.
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Florida – A pilot killed Monday in a Kentucky plane crash has been identified as a Clay County man.
Authorities on Tuesday identified Timothy Michael Pankiewicz, 62, of Green Cove Springs, as the man whose remains were recovered from the wreckage of the crash site in eastern Kentucky.
The single-engine aircraft went down in a field near Hazard about 1:30 p.m. Monday and caught fire, police said. Firefighters put out the flames and federal investigators were notified of the incident.
Pankiewicz was pronounced dead at the scene. His remains were sent to the medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.
Based on preliminary details, investigators determined the pilot’s identity and concluded that his plane had taken off out of Florida and was heading to Ohio before the aircraft went down.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board continue to investigate the cause of the crash, which remains unknown at this time.
According to the FAA’s registry, Pankiewicz is listed as the owner of a Van's RV-8.
An aircraft with a matching registration number took off from Haller Airpark before 10 a.m. Monday and was last seen about 1:30 p.m. near Jackson, Kentucky, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware.
A News4Jax crew was not allowed onto airpark property Wednesday. No one at the facility could be reached for comment.
Over the past few years, there have been at least two deadly crashes involving aircraft flying out Haller Airpark.
In May 2019, two planes were involved in a mid-air collision, which killed one of the pilots.
Six months later, another pilot was killed after taking off from Haller and crashing in Middleburg.
The NSTB has yet to release its final reports from either of those crashes.
FROZEN CREEK, Kentucky (WYMT) - Kentucky State Troopers, KSP, and Breathitt County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) confirmed a single-engine plane crashed in the Frozen Creek community of Breathitt County Monday afternoon.
The crash happened in a field at the junction of KY-1812 and KY-378.
Maco Deaton, Chairman of the Julian Carroll Airport in Jackson City says the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) out of Indianapolis contacted the airport around 2 p.m. to say that a small aircraft went off the radar in Breathitt County.
The FAA was notified of the crash around 1:42 p.m.
Kentucky State Police was then notified and found the scene on Blanton Bridge Branch road near the Frozen Creek area of Vancleve community.’
“Troopers responded out here, along with the fire department, upon getting here it was completely engulfed in flames, said Trooper Matt Gayheart. “The fire department was able to extinguish those flames,” he said.
Trooper Gayheart confirms the accident was fatal, and that at least one person was killed in the crash. The Breathitt County Coroner was called to the scene.
“These types of investigations take some time, so it could be a lengthy period before we know exactly the cause and what had happened here today [Monday],” he said.
KSP is waiting on flight logs to determine where the plane was flying from and to see if more than one person was on board.
“Our primary function, we just want to keep everything the same and once FAA investigators get down here, they can look at what we are seeing,” he said.
He adds there is still no known cause for the plane crash. The FAA is expected to arrive Tuesday to assess the crash.
Robert Taulbee lives near the crash site. He said his nephew told him about the crash.
“It scared me a little bit, quite a bit because I knew whoever was in it had to perish, because they couldn’t have lived,” said Taulbee.
He said he drove by the crash site and only saw the tail end of the plane.
“It was really a scary time cause that was just a little ways up the road from where I live,” he said. “It could happen anywhere and from the looks of it, looks like he might have been trying to land in the bottom of that field.”
The National Transportation Safety Board tweeted Monday evening that the crash was that of a Van’s RV-8 airplane. An investigator from the NTSB is traveling to the scene.
BREATHITT, Kentucky (LEX 18) — Kentucky State Police have confirmed that at least one person is dead after a single engine plane crashed in Breathitt County around 1:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon. The crash took place near the intersection of Highway 1812 and Highway 378 area in a field close to the highway.
According to The Breathitt Advocate, a witness heard sputtering and saw a single-engine plane crash. As the plane crashed, the witness noted the engine looked as if it was on fire. Crews are on the scene now fighting the fire. The coroner has been notified.
KSP believes there was just one occupant inside.
If you're traveling in that area, be aware of emergency vehicles.
FROZEN CREEK, Kentucky (WYMT) - Kentucky State Troopers, KSP, and Breathitt County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) confirmed a single-engine plane crashed in the Frozen Creek community of Breathitt County Monday afternoon.
The crash happened in a field at the junction of KY-1812 and KY-378.
Maco Deaton, Chairman of the Julian Carroll Airport in Jackson City says the FAA out of Indianapolis contacted the airport around 2 p.m. to say that a small aircraft went off the radar in Breathitt County.
The FAA was notified of the crash around 1:42 p.m.
KSP was then notified and found the scene on Blanton Bridge Branch road near the Frozen Creek area of Vancleve community.
At the moment no public roads are impacted by this crash, which occurred on private property.
KSP has the scene closed off as they work to investigate the scene.
Trooper Gayheart says State Police is waiting on the flight log for additional information.
Trooper Matt Gayheart confirms the accident was fatal, and that at least one person was killed in the crash. The Breathitt County Coroner was called to the scene.
He adds there is still no known cause for the plane crash. The FAA is expected to arrive Tuesday to assess the crash.
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