# Accident 19970723019569A: Amtr RV4, Lakeville, MN, July 23, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1997, 16:06 local time
- Place: Lakeville, MN
- Airport: Airlake Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7394° N, 93.0701° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7394&lon=-93.0701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36JG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36JG-1998-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Goble John Henry RV-4 (registry code 05608DF, https://openairdocs.org/model/goble-john-henry-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV4
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 10,094 total, 90 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970723019569A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON CLIMBOUT. CRASHED BURNED. APPEARS ELEVATOR CONTROL ROD BROKE. PILOT TRIED USE TRIM TAB. HELPED. (-23) ON JULY 23, 1997, AT 1606 CDT A VAN'S AIRCRAFT, RV-4, N36JG, OWNED AND OPERATED BY ATP RATED PILOT, KOSTA ASSELANIS WAS DESTROYED WHEN ON INITIAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF FROMA PRIVATE AIRSTRIP (JENSEN FIELD).  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT.  THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED AN ADJACENT CORN FIELD FOLLOWED BY A POST-CRASH FIRE.  VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS PERSONAL IN NATURE UNDER FAR 91 AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED JENSEN AIRSTRIP IN ROSEMOUNT, MN AT 1604 CDT.

## 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 CHI97LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA221), Jul 23, 1997: Goble RV-4 (N36JG), Rosemount, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed after takeoff, which resulted in a stall/spin and collision with the terrain. His excessive climb rate after takeoff was a related factor.

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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