# Incident 19990530019499I: Amtr RV6, La Grange, TX, May 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1999, 20:50 local time
- Place: La Grange, TX
- Airport: Fayette Regnl Air Center Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9126° N, 96.8763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Grange, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9126&lon=-96.8763&mi=10
- Aircraft: N137S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N137S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stevenson Peter J RV-6 (registry code 05608CP, https://openairdocs.org/model/stevenson-peter-j-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 O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 60 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990530019499I

## Narrative

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

(-5)AIRCRAFT GROUNDLOOPED UPON TAKEOFF. PILOT WAS DEPARTING 3T5 ON RUNWAY 16 ENROUTE TO DAVID WAYNE HOOKS WHEN HE APPLIED TOO MUCH POWER TOO QUICKLY.  THE PILOT CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT QUARTERING TAILWIND FROM THE EAST THAT COMBINED WITH HIS RAPID POWER APPLICATION AND CAUSED HIM TO RUN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS IN STILL CONNECTED BUT DAMAGED ALONG WITH A CRACKED PROP AND LEFT WINGTIP SKIN DAMAGE.  THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE THAT OCCURED TO THE FUEL VENT THAT IS LOCATED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE IN THE AREA OF THE FIREWALL.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO ANY AIRPORT LIGHTING.

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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