# Accident 20010704018909A: Amtr RV8, Mineralwells, TX, July 4, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2001, 11:15 local time
- Place: Mineralwells, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7817° N, 98.0603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7817&lon=-98.0603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50FG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50FG-2001-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glover Frank JR RV-8 (registry code 05607XL, https://openairdocs.org/model/glover-frank-jr-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV8
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010704018909A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JULY 4, 2001, AT 1115 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A GLOVER RV-8, HOMEBUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, N50FG, WAS DESTROYED DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF FROM THE MINERAL WELLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEAR MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 31, THE ELEVATOR JAMMED FORWARD, AND HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AND TURNED THE AIRPLANE LEFT ONTO RUNWAY 17. DURING THE LEFT TURN, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY, AND A FIRE ERUPTED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PILOT STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT, AND HE AND THE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE FIRE.                           (-23) ON JULY 4, 2001, AT 11:15 CDT, A GLOVER RV-8, HOMEBUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, N50FG, OWNED BY MR. FRANK GLOVER JR., AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                    WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AFTER AN ABORTED TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 31 AT THE MINERAL WELLS AIRPORT (MWL). THE ELEVATOR CONTROL JAMMED FORWARD AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT TAKEOFF.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR IMPACTED THE RUNWAY HARD, DAMAGING THE RIGHT TIRE RIM.  A LEFT TURN WAS MADE ONTO RUNWAY 17 WHERE THE RIGHT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY DURING THE TURN, CAUSING THE PLANE TO TURN 180 DEGREES.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A FULL STOP FACING RUNWAY 13 INTACT.  FIRE ERUPTED NEAR THE RIGHT WING ROOT.  THIS WAS A PART CFR 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT AND VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY POST CRASH FIRE.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT, MR. FRANK T. SANKER HOLDA AN ATP, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 1870237.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GRANDBURY AIRPORT (F55) ON JULY 4, 2001, AT 10:40 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 FTW01LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA159), Jul 4, 2001: Glover RV-8 (N50FG), Mineral Wells, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: the jammed elevator control stick on takeoff roll. A contributory factor was the crosswind.

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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