# Accident 20040428022659A: Amtr RV6A, Fredericksburg, VA, April 28, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2004, 16:40 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA
- Airport: Shannon Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2667° N, 77.4492° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2667&lon=-77.4492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999SB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,124 total, 70 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040428022659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED FREDERICKSBURG SHANNON AIRPORT (EZF) WITH THE AIRCRAFT TOW BAR ATTACHED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT WAS INFORMED OVER THE COMMON FREQUENCY THAT SOMETHING WAS "DANGLING" FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT REMAINED IN THE PATTERN AND ATTEMPTED A SHORT FIELD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED SUBSTANTIALLY.

## 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 NYC04CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA112), Apr 28, 2004: Bolger Scott RV-6A (N999SB), Fredericksburg, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain airspeed during a precautionary landing which resulted in an undershoot and subsequent impact with terrain. A factor was the inadequate pre-flight inspection.

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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