# Accident 20050624016369A: Amtr KOLBMKIIIX, Dickson, TN, June 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2005, 07:55 local time
- Place: Dickson, TN
- Airport: Dickson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1375° N, 87.4389° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1375&lon=-87.4389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N194DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N194DM-2008-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mize Donald KOLB MK III X (registry code 056188I, https://openairdocs.org/model/mize-donald-kolb-mk-iii-x) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KOLBMKIIIX
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW2180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050624016369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRPORT SECURITY TAPE SHOWS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HIS WIFE AT AIRPORT AT 7:30. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID SIX OR SEVEN HIGH SPEED TAXI DOWN THE RUNWAY. AT 7:53 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LIFTED OFF RUNWAY 17 OF DICKSON AIRPORT. AT 7:55 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS SEEN ON THE VIDEO GETTING UPSET. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID LATER THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A RIGHT STEP TURN THEN DISAPPEARED FOLLOWED BY SMOKE. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE HOMEBUILT N194DM. ON SITE I FOUND THE RIGHT WING HIT A TREE OFF THE RIGHT END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TOP OF THE TREE ABOUT 60 FEET FROM THE GROUND. THEN WENT THROUGH POWER LINES TO THE RIGHT OF THE TREE. IMPACTED INVERTED ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FIRE. ANOTHER TREE NEXT TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED HAD BURN MARK ON THE LEAFS 50 TO 60 FEET UP THE TREE. THE CABIN WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE MAIN SPAR WAS BURNT INTO IN THE CABIN AREA. CABLES WERE BURNT AND STARTING TO COME UNWOUND. THE LEFT WING WAS FOLDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE CONTROL SERVICE FROM THE WINGS AND TAIL SECTION WAS INTACT. THE THREE BLADED PROP. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS BUILDING THIS AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ATL05LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA113), Jun 24, 2005: Mize Donald Kolb MK III X (N194DM), Dickson, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate obstacle clearance during climb out which resulted in the in-flight collision with a tree.

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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