# Accident 20041014034569A: Amtr VANSRV6A, Joliet, IL, October 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2004, 19:55 local time
- Place: Joliet, IL
- Airport: Joilet Park District Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5183° N, 88.1750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5183&lon=-88.1750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85MM-2006-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Malone Mark S VANS RV6A (registry code 056043D, https://openairdocs.org/model/malone-mark-s-vans-rv6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VANSRV6A
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041014034569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A PRIVATE PILOT OPERATING AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, A VANS RV-6, LANDED AT JOLIET REGIONAL AIRPORT. HE ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN FUEL AT FUEL PUMPS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO DUE TO PUMPS CLOSING AT 1900 CDT. HE THEN TALKED TO ^PRIVACY DATA O^ AT J.F. AVIATION. THE PILOT WAS OFFERED FUEL FROM HANGARED AIRCRAFT, BUT DECLINED. HE SAID HE WOULD PROCEED TO ROMEOVILLE-LEWIS UNIVERSITY AIRPORT AND OBTAIN FUEL THERE. AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 12, THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE AIRCRAFT GAINED SOME ALTITUDE AND DISTANCE, BANKED TO THE RIGHT, APPARENTLY STALLED, AND IMPACTED THE PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ . IT SKIDDED 75 FT AND CAME TO REST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARKING LOT. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO PROPERTY OR PERSONS.

## 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 CHI05LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA004), Oct 15, 2004: Malone Vans RV-6A (N85MM), Joliet, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate preflight and inadequate fuel consumption calculations, also causal was the pilot's failure to maintain…

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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