# Accident 20050116001809A: Amtr VANSRV6A, Orlando, FL, January 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2005, 18:30 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7678° N, 81.2375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7678&lon=-81.2375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N654PJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N654PJ-2006-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pajak Paul VANS RV6-A (registry code 056157Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/pajak-paul-vans-rv6-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VANSRV6A
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 258 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050116001809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 16, 2005, AT AROUND 6:30 P.M. LOCAL, AIRCRAFT N654PJ, AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL RV6A, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TREES AS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 27R LOCATED AT THE SANFORD ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SANFORD, FLORIDA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ REPORTED THAT AT 1/3 MILES FROM 27R, THE ENGINE, LYCOMING O-360, SPUTTERED TWO TO THREE TIMES AND QUIT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER. ON JANUARY 20, 2005, A POST ACCIDENT ENGINE EXAMINATION WAS PERFORMED BY A LYCOMING SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE. THE INSPECTION REVEALED NO DEFECTS TO THE ENGINE'S IGNITION AND FUEL SYSTEM, AND ALL CYLINDERS APPEARED TO HAVE COMPRESSION. ON FEBRUARY 2, 2005, A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ REVEALED THAT ON JANUARY 25, 2005, THE LYCOMING STARTED WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED.

## 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 MIA05LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA052), Jan 16, 2005: Paul Pajak RV-6A (N654PJ), Sanford, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to use carburetor heat in conditions conducive to carburetor icing which resulted in loss of engine power and collision with trees and ground during the resultant forced landing.

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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