# Accident 20020818025229A: Amtr RV6A, Tampa, FL, August 18, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2002, 09:36 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9156° N, 82.4492° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9156&lon=-82.4492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747ES, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N747ES-2003-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Reviere Scott A VANS RV6A (registry code 056120O, https://openairdocs.org/model/reviere-scott-a-vans-rv6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 32 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020818025229A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON AUGUST 18, 2002, ABOUT 0936 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A HOMEBUILT REVIERE VANS RV6A, N747ES, OPERATED AND REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, IMPACTED WITH A CONCRETE WALL OF A DRY DOCK AT THE PORT OF TAMPA, TAMPA, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE TWO COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOTS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANYONE ON THE GROUND. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM THE PETER O'KNIGHT AIRPORT, TAMPA, FLORIDA, ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES AT THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED TO THE SOUTH, AND THEN TURNED BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE THEN FLEW NORTHBOUND OVER THE RUNWAY, ABOUT 50 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER TO THE ENGINE AND THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO CLIMB. THE AIRPLANE WAS THEN SEEN IN A STEEP CLIMB, TURNED LEFT, AND SPIRALED NOSE LOW UNTIL IMPACT. (-23) ON 08/18/2002, AT 09:36, A HOMEBUILT RV-6A, N747ES, REGISTERED TO IT'S BUILDER SCOTT A. REVIERE CRASHED INTO AN EMPTY DRYDOCK AT THE TAMPA BAY S                                                                 HIP BUILDING AND REPAIR COMPANY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND FIRE, WITH BOTH THE PIC AND A PILOT PASSENGER BEING FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD JUST DEPARTED FROM THE PETER O. KNIGHT AIRPORT (TPF) AT APPROXIMATELY 09:30.

## 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 MIA02LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA153), Aug 18, 2002: Reviere Vans RV6A (N747ES), Tampa, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin, while maneuvering, and subsequent impact with a concrete wall. A factor in this accident was the impairment…

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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