# Incident 20030728018299I: Amtr RV6, Morgantown, WV, July 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2003, 13:54 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6375° N, 79.9469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6375&lon=-79.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50KS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50KS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shuman Kenneth R RV-6 (registry code 05606ZR, https://openairdocs.org/model/shuman-kenneth-r-rv-6) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,314 total, 168 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030728018299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT WAS TRAPPED ABOVE AN OVERCAST WITH THE WEATHER DETERIORATING AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY INCREASING. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN VMC THE PILOT TRIED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE BUILDING/INCREASING CUMULUS CLOUDS. THE FLIGHT TEMPORARILY PENETRATED THE CLASS A AIRSPACE. PILOT DOES NOT HOLD INSTRUMENT RATING, THE AIRCRAFT IS NOT EQUIPPED FOR IFR FLIGHT AND NOT EQUIPPED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN. ATC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF PIC. ATC VECTORED THE FLIGHT TOWARDS VMC CONDITIONS AND THE FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY AT KAFJ. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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