# Accident 20010711016459A: Amtr LANCAIRIV, Kissimmee, FL, July 11, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2001, 16:34 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2897° N, 81.4369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2897&lon=-81.4369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720BF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N720BF-2002-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Floback Bud LANCAIR 4 (registry code 05603D5, https://openairdocs.org/model/floback-bud-lancair-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIV
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO550B1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 65 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010711016459A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JULY 11, 2001, ABOUT 1630 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A FLOBACK LANCAIR 4 HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE, N720BF, REGISTERED TO MISSIONAIR INC., OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, IMPACTED WITH THE GROUND AND WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE KISSIMMEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED-PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT HAD JUST DEPARTED WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  A WITNESS STATED THAT HE SAW THE AIRPLANE ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF RUNWAY 24.  HE HEARD THE ENGINE "SPUTTER", AND WATCHED THE AIRPLANE "WOBBLE."  HE THEN SAW THE AIRPLANE TURN BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT, THE WINGS WENT 90 DEGREES TO THE GROUND, AND THE AIRPLANE DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW.  THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE LOW.                                                     (-23) A/C WAS CLIMBING FROM T/O, APPROX 2 MILES SO OF A/P. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE A/C OSCILLATE, GO INTO A WINGS PERPENDICULAR TO THE GRND ATTITUDE, DISAPPEAR BEHIND TREES AND EXPLODE IN A ND CONTACT WITH THE EARTH. WRECKAGE WAS NOT SCATTERED. CONDITION OF PROP BLADES INDICATE NO POWER ON A/C . A/C DESTROYED BY CRASH AND FIRE. PILOT APPARENTLY KILLED AT IMPACT. A/C WAS APPROX 60% BURNED--RT WING DESTROYED BY FIRE. NO FIRE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. CKPT AREA-EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE. ENGINE-LITTLE FIRE DAMAGE. ENG "SPIDER A'SSY" DRY WHEN PIPING DISCONNECTED. FUEL SELECTOR VLV REMOVED AND FOUND FROZEN IN "LFT" SELECT POSIT. ALSO DRY. FUEL SELECTOR TORN-DOWN BY MANUFACTURER. FOUND NORMAL EXCEPT FOR SEALS MELTED BY FIRE. ENG TORN DOWN BY MANUFACTURER. NORMAL EXCEPT FOR INTAKE MANIFOLD BLOCKED APPROX 30% BY FIBERGLASS FIBERS. (.4) A WITNESS STATED HE SAW THE ACCIDENT AND DESCRIBED THE TAKEOFF AS "NORMAL." HE SAW THE AIRPLANE TURN CROSS WIND, CONTINUE TO CLIMB AND TURN DOWN WIND. HE STATED THE AIRPLANE THEN "...APPEARED TO SLOW RAPIDLY AT AROUND 300 TO 400 FEET...MADE A COUPLE OF ABRUPT MOVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE THEN TURNED AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT...NOSED OVER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND." THE POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THE AIRPLANE. AN ENGINE TEARDOWN REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES.

## 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 MIA01LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA181), Jul 11, 2001: Floback Lancair 4 (N720BF), Kissimmee, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin, and subsequent impact with the terrain.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.