# Accident 20021125031919A: Amtr RV4, Homer, LA, November 25, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2002, 07:22 local time
- Place: Homer, LA
- Airport: Homer Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7961° N, 93.0069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7961&lon=-93.0069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5246, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5246-2003-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Girard Gerald L RV-4 (registry code 05613M3, https://openairdocs.org/model/girard-gerald-l-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021125031919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE RV-4 AIRCRAFT TOOK-OFF TO THE NORTHWEST ON RUNWAY 30 FROM THE HOMVER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITH HEAVY FOG PRESENT. SHORTLY AFTER LIFT-OFF THE AIRCRAFT MADE A 190 DEGREE TURN AND WAS HEADING SOUTHEAST, POSITIONED PARALLEL AND TO THE NORTH OF RUNWAY 30. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AND STRUCK SEVERAL TREES APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET FROM THE BASE WHERE IT IMMEDIATELY CAME TO REST.

## 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 FTW03LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA049), Nov 25, 2002: Girard RV-4 (N5246), Homer, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's VFR flight into IMC conditions and his failure to obtain/maintain altitude/clearance from trees during the initial climb after takeoff. Contributing factors were fog and trees.

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.