# Accident 20040718016179A: Amtr RV4, Latexo, TX, July 18, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2004, 13:34 local time
- Place: Latexo, TX
- Airport: Bruner Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3900° N, 95.4731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3900&lon=-95.4731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N996NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N996NC-2006-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Calhoun Ronald R RV4 (registry code 05615MS, https://openairdocs.org/model/calhoun-ronald-r-rv4) (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 O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 26 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040718016179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAKE OFF, AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND MIDWAY DOWN THE 2500 FOOT LONG BY 50 FOOT WIDE GRASS RUNWAY, GOT LEFT GEAR INTO UNMOWN GRASS, LIFTED OFF MOMENTARILY, SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND, THEN ABRUPTLY LIFTED OFF AT HIGH ANGLE OF CLIMB. AIRCRAFT BROKE SHARPLY LEFT AT/OR BELOW TREE LINE HEIGHT AND DISAPPEARED BELOW AND BEYOND TREE LINE STILL IN LEFT TURN. AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND LEFT WING FIRST AND PIVOTED LEFT, BACK SLID IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, TAIL HIGH, AND CAME TO REST. EYEWITNESSES STATED THEY SAW THE PILOT WORKING THE CANOPY LOCKING APPARATUS WHILE IN THE HIGH ANGLE OF CLIMB STATE.

## 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 FTW04LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA189), Jul 18, 2004: Calhoun RV-4 (N996NC), Latexo, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and attain adequate airspeed resulting in a stall. Contributing factors were the pilot's diverted attention with closing the canopy, and the…

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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