# Accident 20041105028909A: Amtr YMF80, Houston, TX, November 5, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston-Southwest Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5092° N, 95.4706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5092&lon=-95.4706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6254A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6254A-2008-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wilson Michael T LOENSLO YMF-80 (registry code 05607VN, https://openairdocs.org/model/wilson-michael-t-loenslo-ymf-80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR YMF80
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 328 total, 8 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041105028909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 05, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 HOURS, THE WILSON LOENSLO MODEL YMF-80 WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT FOLLOWING A DEPARTURE TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 27 AT ARCOLA, TEXAS (AXH). THE PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER OF THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS LIFE FLIGHTED FROM THE ACCIDENT SCENE. WITNESS STATEMENT(S) REPORTED SEEING THE AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF AND CLIMB TO APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AGL WHEN IT WAS REPORTED THAT IT STARTED TO SPIN IN A CLOCKWISE POSITION, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, BEHIND A ROW OF TREES WHERE IT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 27. NO AIRWORTHINESS DOCUMENTS COULD BE LOCATED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. ALL FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS CONFIRMED. THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER WERE BURIED IN SOFT MUD, NO EXAMINATION OF THESE COMPONENTS WAS COMPLETED AT THIS TIME. THE AIRCRAFT HIT AT A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 27-30 DEGREES. THERE WAS NO ROTATIONAL DAMAGE INDICATION WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT ON THIS AIRCRAFT SINCE 2000 AND THE FIRST FLIGHT ON THIS AIRCRAFT SINCE REASSEMBLED BY THE OWNER AFTER TRUCKING THE AIRCRAFT FROM ANOTHER AIRPORT LOCATION.

## 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 DFW05LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA016), Nov 5, 2004: Wilson Loenslo YMF-80 (N6254A), Arcola, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed sufficient for flight resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin during takeoff initial climb.

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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