# Incident 19960307006819I: Amtr RV6, Tyler, TX, March 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1996, 07:48 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Tyler Pounds Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3535° N, 95.4030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TYLER POUNDS RGNL (TYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3535&lon=-95.4030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54MK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54MK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kuhn Morris L RV-6 (registry code 05625YQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/kuhn-morris-l-rv-6) (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 RV6
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 70 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960307006819I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 7, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 07:48 AM. MR. JAMES LEE SAMMONS WAS THE PILOT OF N54MK, RV-6 EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT S/N 22732, WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 31 AT TYLER AIRPORT. AN AMERICAN EAGLE SAAB 340 HAD JUST TAKEN OFF WHEN MR. SAMMONS SAID HE NOTICED THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT RISING. AS THE AIRCRAFT TURN 120 DEGREES THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO RISE CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO DAMAGES OTHER THAN THE PROPELLER STRIKE. THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED A FERRY PERMIT FROM THE DAL FSDO (DATED MARCH 7, 1996). THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. END

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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