# Incident 19950604018369I: Amtr RV4, Custer, SD, June 4, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1995, 09:30 local time
- Place: Custer, SD
- Airport: Custer County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7337° N, 103.6195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUSTER COUNTY (CUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7337&lon=-103.6195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cruz Armando RV-4 (registry code 056085W, https://openairdocs.org/model/cruz-armando-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV4
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 225 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950604018369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DURING TAKE OFF. THIS RESULTED IN THE DESTRUCTION OF THREE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. DURING TAKE OFF AT THE CUSTER COUNTY, SD, AIRPORT, THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF THREE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WHEEL STRUT, RIGHT WHEEL PANT AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT WING.

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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