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We heard something fly over real close about that time. Sounded sick.
 
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TPC said:
We heard something fly over real close about that time. Sounded sick.
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Ya I heard him too. Thought that’s not right. Especially ifr condition.Flew right over my buddies house.
 
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Homebuilt, Pilot killed, residents home and reported OK.

Neighbors had a backyard wedding last Saturday and a helicopter made a couple low passes over it, we thought maybe something again like that, it was that close but this time that engine was not sounding right.
 
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He was on Camarillo flight path. Guess he thought he could clear hills. If he knew he couldn’t do it. You think he’d head straight down the riverbed. My buddy that lives there said it was socked in at his house.
He had enough visibility to wind between the hills. Obviously, mechanical failure. If you had enough visibility to go between the hills and see them, throttle up that vans will go straight up. Flight aware says the guys been ripping around lately which I wouldn’t blame him if I had that airplane.
 
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He was on Camarillo flight path. Guess he thought he could clear hills. If he knew he couldn’t do it. You think he’d head straight down the riverbed. My buddy that lives there said it was socked in at his house.
He had enough visibility to wind between the hills. Obviously, mechanical failure. If you had enough visibility to go between the hills and see them, throttle up that vans will go straight up. Flight aware says the guys been ripping around lately which I wouldn’t blame him if I had that airplane.
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Yeah very low clouds, and thick.

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N626PB Flight Tracking and History 03-May-2025 (KWJF-KCMA) - FlightAware

Track N626PB flight from General Wm J Fox Airfield to Camarillo
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flight was to and from Fox just does not look "right" I don't know if he did a hold before landing at WJF, but the return flight looks off planned route?

I looked up the owner, he lives a block away from our oldest daughter.

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Damn, this one hit close. Hearing how low and off that engine sounded must’ve been chilling. Weather sounded brutal too. Feel for the pilot’s family, and pretty wild that folks in the neighborhood were home and made it out okay
 
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From another website
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The pilot was IFR rated, and flying an IFR route from WJF to CMA. He built this beautiful RV-10 and would have been quite familiar with it.

The ATC transmissions seem to reflect a significant problem with the aircraft. The pilot checked in at 10:53 on the 20:30 tape https://archive.liveatc.net/kcma/KCMA-A ... -2030Z.mp3 with Mugu approach, sounded completely normal. He informed ATC he had the ATIS, (Tango) and responded to ATC that he wanted to fly the RNAV Z approach. The controller immediately responded that the pilot was 6 miles from Jurex, cross Jurex at 4000', cleared for the RNAV26 approach. Although the pilot did not repeat the altitude, he confidently replied "cleared for the RNAV 26 approach, 626PB." His voice seemed pretty calm. Looking at the At 13:30 ATC requests the pilot keep his speed up for faster traffic inbound to Camarillo from the west. He responded, "PB". Thereafter, the pilot says, "I need some vectors, the plane keeps turning on me." Soon thereafter, ATC loses the aircraft on radar, and tries repeatedly to contact the pilot to no avail.

We now know that there were two people and a dog on the aircraft. Given these circumstances it would be unlikely that the pilot was doing any kind of aerobatics as some people on the ground seem to have suggested. He was at an appropriate altitude (above 4000' when he was 6 miles from the initial fix (Jurex) which is the on the final approach course. Then he seemingly was struggling to get the aircraft to fly the desired heading toward that fix. His track showed he was changing headings rapidly and not maintaining the published altitudes. What mechanical problems could have caused the plane to be suddenly uncontrollable. RIP to the pilot and passenger, and sorrow to the families and friends of the people involved.”
 
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DUNEFLYER said:
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The pilot was IFR rated, and flying an IFR route from WJF to CMA. He built this beautiful RV-10 and would have been quite familiar with it.

The ATC transmissions seem to reflect a significant problem with the aircraft. The pilot checked in at 10:53 on the 20:30 tape https://archive.liveatc.net/kcma/KCMA-A ... -2030Z.mp3 with Mugu approach, sounded completely normal. He informed ATC he had the ATIS, (Tango) and responded to ATC that he wanted to fly the RNAV Z approach. The controller immediately responded that the pilot was 6 miles from Jurex, cross Jurex at 4000', cleared for the RNAV26 approach. Although the pilot did not repeat the altitude, he confidently replied "cleared for the RNAV 26 approach, 626PB." His voice seemed pretty calm. Looking at the At 13:30 ATC requests the pilot keep his speed up for faster traffic inbound to Camarillo from the west. He responded, "PB". Thereafter, the pilot says, "I need some vectors, the plane keeps turning on me." Soon thereafter, ATC loses the aircraft on radar, and tries repeatedly to contact the pilot to no avail.

We now know that there were two people and a dog on the aircraft. Given these circumstances it would be unlikely that the pilot was doing any kind of aerobatics as some people on the ground seem to have suggested. He was at an appropriate altitude (above 4000' when he was 6 miles from the initial fix (Jurex) which is the on the final approach course. Then he seemingly was struggling to get the aircraft to fly the desired heading toward that fix. His track showed he was changing headings rapidly and not maintaining the published altitudes. What mechanical problems could have caused the plane to be suddenly uncontrollable. RIP to the pilot and passenger, and sorrow to the families and friends of the people involved.”
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So it wasn't DOGE's fault🤔
 
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DUNEFLYER said:
From another website
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The pilot was IFR rated, and flying an IFR route from WJF to CMA. He built this beautiful RV-10 and would have been quite familiar with it.

The ATC transmissions seem to reflect a significant problem with the aircraft. The pilot checked in at 10:53 on the 20:30 tape https://archive.liveatc.net/kcma/KCMA-A ... -2030Z.mp3 with Mugu approach, sounded completely normal. He informed ATC he had the ATIS, (Tango) and responded to ATC that he wanted to fly the RNAV Z approach. The controller immediately responded that the pilot was 6 miles from Jurex, cross Jurex at 4000', cleared for the RNAV26 approach. Although the pilot did not repeat the altitude, he confidently replied "cleared for the RNAV 26 approach, 626PB." His voice seemed pretty calm. Looking at the At 13:30 ATC requests the pilot keep his speed up for faster traffic inbound to Camarillo from the west. He responded, "PB". Thereafter, the pilot says, "I need some vectors, the plane keeps turning on me." Soon thereafter, ATC loses the aircraft on radar, and tries repeatedly to contact the pilot to no avail.

We now know that there were two people and a dog on the aircraft. Given these circumstances it would be unlikely that the pilot was doing any kind of aerobatics as some people on the ground seem to have suggested. He was at an appropriate altitude (above 4000' when he was 6 miles from the initial fix (Jurex) which is the on the final approach course. Then he seemingly was struggling to get the aircraft to fly the desired heading toward that fix. His track showed he was changing headings rapidly and not maintaining the published altitudes. What mechanical problems could have caused the plane to be suddenly uncontrollable. RIP to the pilot and passenger, and sorrow to the families and friends of the people involved.”
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Suddenly losing the ability to control one's aircraft has to be the worst stroke of fate imaginable. There isn't enough information out on the pilot/owner that would provide insight into his skill level, hours, and such, or how the plane was constructed.

For the uninitiated, Van's Aircraft products are part of the EAB (Experimental Amateur Built) fleet overseen by the FAA. There are quick build programs available where prefabricated major sections of the plane are built by others and incorporated into the final build by the owner. The amount of outside work allowed is generally not to exceed 50% of the total, which means a significant amount of the build can be outside the owner's direct control.

Sometimes, but rarely, failure in the process causes a crash. The RV-10 is a serious aircraft, and because of its complexity and acquisition expense, it's unusual for a construction fault to cause a crash. It's not a plane in a box kit.
 
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