# Accident 19930724025259A: Amtrvn VANSRV4, Lake Delton, WI, July 24, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1993, 14:20 local time
- Place: Lake Delton, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5920° N, 89.7831° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Delton, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5920&lon=-89.7831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N720DS-1997-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stoeckler Danny Robert RV-4 (registry code 056086U, https://openairdocs.org/model/stoeckler-danny-robert-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRVN VANSRV4
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI93DEP02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93DEP02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930724025259A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE CIRCLING A RESIDENCE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI93DEP02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93DEP02), Jul 24, 1993: Stoeckler RV-4 (N720DS), Lake Delton, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper altitude. A factor was trees.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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