# Accident 20040707015489A: Amtr HARMONRCKTII, Seal Beach, CA, July 7, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2004, 08:11 local time
- Place: Seal Beach, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7808° N, 118.1006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7808&lon=-118.1006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28BE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28BE-2005-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Anderson Ross K HARMON ROCKET II (registry code 05614NG, https://openairdocs.org/model/anderson-ross-k-harmon-rocket-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HARMONRCKTII
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 240 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040707015489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91, WITH IFR FLIGHT PLAN TOA/CNO. AT APPROXIMATELY 0809PDT, N28BE, AN EXPERIMENTAL TWO PLACE HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT, WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT APPROX 5000' MSL OVER LONG BEACH, CA. SLI WX 1500' BKN AT 1500Z. (0800PDT) PILOT WAS INSTRUMENT RATED, EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE. AT APPROXIMATELY 0811PDT, AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR CONTACT. AIRCRAFT IMPACT POINT WAS AT THE CORNER OF A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AFTER IMPACT, THIS HOUSE SUSTAINED MAJOR FIRE DAMAGE AND MINOR FIRE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. THE SEAL BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AFTER IMPACT. A WOMAN AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY. THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY HIGH SPEED IMPACT AND CONSUMED BY A POST CRASH FIRE. WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A NEAR VERTICAL DIVE WITH THE ENGINE EMITTING A LOUD "WHINE". SOME INDICATED THAT THEY HEARD THE ENGINE MAKE A COUPLE OF POWER CHANGES. ONE VISUAL REPORT INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MADE A TURN JUST PRIOR TO THE DIVE.

## 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 LAX04LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA253), Jul 7, 2004: Anderson Harmon Rocket II (N28BE), Seal Beach, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the in-flight separation of the elevator, which resulted in a loss of airplane control and an uncontrolled descent. The underlying cause and mechanism of the elevator separation could not be…

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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