# Accident 19990620007229A: Amtr KOLBMK3, Vidor, TX, June 20, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1999, 12:15 local time
- Place: Vidor, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1202° N, 94.0008° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1202&lon=-94.0008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106RL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106RL-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Libersat Rick M KOLB MARK III (registry code 05623D8, https://openairdocs.org/model/libersat-rick-m-kolb-mark-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KOLBMK3
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 438 total, 72 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990620007229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A 00 DEGREE HEADING AND AN ALTITUDE OF 800 TO 900 FEET. PILOT INDUCED LOSS OF CONTROL, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN TO A 270 DEGREE HEADING AND GOT INTO A SLIP AND WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER.  THE THEN SAW TREES AND POWER LINES, MISSED THE LATTER, THEN AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A TREE TURNED 270 DEGREES AND DROPPED APPROX. 40 OR 50 FEET TO THE GROUND. (.4) THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AMATEUR-BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE WHILE MANEUVERING AT 800 FEET AGL NEAR HIS PROPERTY. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE INITIATED A LEFT TURN FROM A HEADING OF 360 TO 270 DEGREES, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A 'SLIP,' FROM WHICH HE COULD NOT RECOVER.  THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A LEFT TURN WHEN IT IMPACTED A TREE ON THE PILOT'S PROPERTY.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HIS WIFE AND SON HEARD THE ENGINE AND STATED THAT IT 'WAS NOT RUNNING RIGHT.'  HE ADDED THAT 'ALL CONTROLS WERE WORKING.'  THE FAA INSPECTOR STATED THAT HE ROTATED THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT BY HAND AND FOUND AUTOMOBILE GASOLINE AND OIL IN THE ENGINE.  NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED OPERATION OF THE ENGINE.

## 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 FTW99LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA173), Jun 20, 1999: Libersat Kolb Mark 3 (N106RL), Vidor, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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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