# Accident 20040416008949A: Amtr RV4, Brooksville, FL, April 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2004, 12:05 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Pilot Country Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3303° N, 82.4964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3303&lon=-82.4964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N199RD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N199RD-2004-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Denisair Richard A RV-4 (registry code 05625AF, https://openairdocs.org/model/denisair-richard-a-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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 655 total, 458 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040416008949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 16, 2004, AT 1205 EDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT RV-4 AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO RICHARD A. DENISAR, LOST POWER ON TAKE OFF AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT PILOT COUNTRY AIRPORT, BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA ON APRIL 16, 2004, AT 1200 HOURS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN SERVICED WITH 19.1 GALLONS OF FUEL AT WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA ON THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT, BUT HE FAILED TO CHECK THE FUEL LEVELS IN THE TANKS OR SUMP THE TANKS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. HE ARRIVED AT PILOT COUNTRY AIRPORT AROUND 1100 HOURS. AFTER LOOKING AT PROPERTY IN THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY, HE AGAIN FAILED TO PERFORM A PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, HE TOOK OFF IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AND FLEW AT TEN TO TWENTY FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE RUNWAY LENGTH BEFORE STARTING HIS CLIMB. WHEN HE INITIATED THE CLIMB, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND QUIT, RESULTING IN A FORCED LANDING AND TOUCHED DOWN 230 FEET BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRSPEED AT TOUCH DOWN WAS APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES PER HOUR. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF THE PAVED SURFACE, HIT AN EMBANKMENT, BOUNCED OVER A BARBED-WIRE FENCE, AND CAME TO REST 93 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY IN A FIELD. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, HE FAILED TO TURN ON THE FUEL BOOST PUMP PRIOR TO TAKE OFF.

## 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 MIA04LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA075), Apr 16, 2004: Richard A. Denisar RV-4 (N199RD), Spring Hill, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation, which resulted in a loss of engine power during takeoff/initial climb due to fuel contamination, that resulted in a forced landing

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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