Devyn Reiley, 30, who held a private pilot certificate with an instrument rating, died along with her passenger in a T-6 crash on the final day of EAA AirVenture in 2023. [Courtesy: Devyn Reiley/Facebook]
Key Takeaways:
The NTSB determined the fatal AT-6D Texan accident at EAA AirVenture 2023, which killed pilot Devyn Reiley and her passenger, was caused by an inadvertent aerodynamic stall/spin.
The aircraft entered a flat spin after its speed diminished during turns, with a calculated load factor reaching 1.8 G, consistent with an accelerated stall at approximately 87 mph (accelerated stall speed at that load factor was about 89 mph).
Pilot Devyn Reiley had 687.8 total flight hours, including 33 hours in the AT-6D, though her one-hour checkout flight log entry for the AT-6D did not specify maneuvers performed.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is citing an inadvertent aerodynamic stall/spin as the cause of the accident resulting in the deaths of the pilot and passenger of an AT-6D Texan during EAA AirVenture 2023.
The accident in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, happened the morning of July 29 over Lake Winnebago.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
