# Accident 20020916025689A: Amtr RV6, Bay Minette, AL, September 16, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Bay Minette, AL
- Airport: Bay Minette Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8703° N, 87.8175° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8703&lon=-87.8175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N440CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N440CM-2007-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maxted Charles RV6 (registry code 05603ML, https://openairdocs.org/model/maxted-charles-rv6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 397 total, 125 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020916025689A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2002, ABOUT 1500 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A HOMEBUILT RV6, N440CM, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, EXPERIENCED COLLAPSE OF BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF FROM THE BAY MINETTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BAY MINETTE, ALABAMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING A PREVIOUS FLIGHT HE RECOGNIZED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND HE ELECTED TO LAND AT THE BAY MINETTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. WHILE THERE, HE PERFORMED AN ENGINE RUN-UP AND THE ENGINE SEEMED TO HIM TO BE "OK." HE ELECTED TO DEPART AND AFTER LIFTOFF, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AGAIN. HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND LANDED BACK ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND HE INTENTIONALLY GROUND LOOPED THE AIRPLANE TO AVOID A FENCE. FOLLOWING RECOVERY THE ENGINE WAS STARTED ON THE AIRPLANE, BUT COULD ONLY BE OPERATED TO BETWEEN 1,000 AND 1,200 RPM DUE TO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE MOUNT. AN FAA INSPECTOR REPORTEDTHAT HE PERFORMED A MAGNETO CHECK BUT COULD NOT DETECT A RPM DECREASE. EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT MAGNETO REVEALED THAT THE POINTS WERE NOT OPENING RESULTING IN AN INOPERATIVE MAGNETO. (-23) PILOT EXPERIENCED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE DURING CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM SYLACAUGA, AL. TO RAY E. RAY AIRPORT. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE AT BAY MINETTE, AL. (1R8). THE PILOT GROUND THE ENGINE AND FOUND NORMAL OPERATIONS AND ATTEMPTED A TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 18 AT (1R8). AFTER BECOMING AIRBOURNE THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND BACK ON THE DEPARTING RUNWAY. THE PILOT RAN OUT OF RUNWAY AND EXITED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE EAST END OF RUNWAY 18. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES WAS ASSOCIATED DURING THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 MIA02LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA169), Sep 16, 2002: Charles Maxted RV6 (N440CM), Bay Minette, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The intentional operation of the airplane with known deficiencies with the right magneto resulting in the partial loss of engine power during the initial climb.

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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