Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Lincoln, Nebraska
Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
Date: 25-JUL-22
Time: 11:38:00Z
Regis#: N192MH
Aircraft Make: VANS
Aircraft Model: RV9
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: FATAL
Total Fatal: 2
Flight Crew: 1 Fatal
Pax: 1 Fatal
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)
Operation: 91
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: DESTROYED
City: TRYON
State: NEBRASKA
Those who may have information that might be relevant to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation may contact them by email witness@ntsb.gov, and any friends and family who want to contact investigators about the accident should email assistance@ntsb.gov. You can also call the NTSB Response Operations Center at 844-373-9922 or 202-314-6290.
TRYON, Nebraska - Authorities have released the names of two people killed in a small plane crash in McPherson County on Monday morning.
According to the McPherson County Sheriff’s Office, 80-year-old James Michael Holland from Fort Collins, Colorado and 58-year-old Daniel Benedict Zahner of Boulder, Colorado were killed when their experimental aircraft crashed in a pasture 12 miles northeast of Tryon.
The Van's RV-9A was flying from Greeley, Colorado to Cherokee, Iowa.
The weather was rain and drizzle with very low ceiling and visibility, which may have contributed to the accident, but at this time the sheriff’s office has no clear causes.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating.
McPherson County Sheriff's Office
appears looking for a back door exit after encountering a front to the east. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N192MH/history/20220725/1215ZZ/KGXY/L%2b41%252e67472%2b%252d100%252e80278
ReplyDeletelocation 41.6761,-100.7800 to KBBW 100°(E) 61 mi.
Deletelight rain and overcast clouds at 6000
METAR KBBW 251253Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM -RA OVC060 17/16 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP171 P0003T01720156
Registered owner with same name and address is in the airmen registry, Private ASEL, BasicMed. (No instrument) Certificate was issued the same year the aircraft was completed and became airworthy.
ReplyDeletea continued VFR flight path had apparent IMC in all directions. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N192MH
DeleteADS-B exchange showing they had a transponder code at least as far as Julesburg, CO where the last target hit, wonder if a mayday came in to Denver Center or another facility.
DeleteYes, they were talking to ZDV when the crash happened
DeleteI wonder if they were headed to Oshkosh.
ReplyDeleteYes, they were. Family member here. We are heart broken.
DeleteOh I’m so very very sorry. I’ve flown over that area in the past, and knowing they came out of northern Colorado, and were heading east, that it’s likely they were headed to Oshkosh. My deepest and heartfelt condolences to you and your family and circle of friends.
DeleteThey were headed to Oshkosh
ReplyDeleteTo the family member, condolences. So sad.
ReplyDeleteTo the family and friends, strength and peace as you process your loss and disbelief that this has happened. The aviation community genuinely shares your sorrow.
ReplyDeleteRIP. Apparent extensive IMC conditions existed alone their 07/26 Nebraska flight path. VFR conditions the 25 and 28th, IMC the 26 and 27th per metar data. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N192MH/history/20220725/1215Z/KGXY/L%2041.67472%20-100.80278
ReplyDeletefor clarity, I should have described IMC, "In aviation, instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) is a flight category that describes weather conditions that require pilots to fly primarily by reference to instruments, and therefore under instrument flight rules (IFR), rather than by outside visual references under visual flight rules (VFR). Typically, this means flying in cloudy or bad weather."
Deletetry this again, apparent IMC existed for days prior to the 25th. VFR returned the 28th.
DeleteNote that the crash occurred on the 25th. Comments regarding weather on multiple other days is confusing to me. Erratic maneuvering seen at the end of the flight does look to me like loss of pilot orientation in IMC. The GPS-derived speed is quite close to Vne for the RV-9A. Data log ends something like 8000 ft AGL. Data source alternates among FlightAware, Minneapolis Center, and Denver Center. I will read the NTSB report with interest, to see how they assemble these and presumably other data.
DeleteVNE? if you have a decent tailwind that would not be the case (GPS not
Deletetrue Airspeed)
This one hit way to close to home Thoughts are with the family