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Accidents · NTSB SEA05WA178 · Preliminary: the investigation is not finished

Amateur-built Vans RV-6 accident near Nadrybie Dwor, Pl, August 20, 2005

On August 20, 2005, a amateur-built Vans RV-6, registered UNK, was substantially damaged in an accident near Nadrybie Dwor. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under non-U.S. private rules. 2 people were killed. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).

The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged

The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.

Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.

What the record shows

Date
August 20, 2005
Place
Nadrybie Dwor, Poland
Type
Accident
Injuries
2 people were killed.
Weather
instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
Aircraft
Amateur-built Vans RV-6
Registration
UNK · no longer on the register
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Flight of an unrecorded kind · non-U.S. private rules

The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

The aircraft

  • Landing gear: fixed

Weather at the time

  • Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)

Injuries

FatalSeriousMinorNone
Crew1
Passengers1

Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report

The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.

Other NTSB records under UNK the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time

2025-07-19OPS25LA052 · incident near Minot, ND · no injuries
2021-07-31DCA21WA205 · incident near Perth, outside the U.S.
2021-05-07GAA21WA111 · accident near Estepona · destroyed · fatal
2019-12-05DCA20IA034 · incident near Los Angeles, CA · no injuries
2017-09-13DCA17WA198 · accident near Adelaide · serious injuries
2017-01-20DCA17WA066 · incident near Darlot · minor damage · no injuries
2016-12-15OPS17IA008 · incident near San Francisco, CA
2016-12-12DCA17WA065 · incident near Adelaide · no injuries
2015-08-04DCA15WA174 · incident near Toronto
2014-04-29OPS14IA007 · incident near Powhatan, VA · minor damage · minor injuries

Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.