# Accident 20050626013089A: Amtr RV6A, Trinidad, CO, June 26, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2005, 14:15 local time
- Place: Trinidad, CO
- Airport: Las Animas County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2594° N, 104.3406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2594&lon=-104.3406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8097F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8097F-2006-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taft Malcolm J SR RV-6A (registry code 05617AP, https://openairdocs.org/model/taft-malcolm-j-sr-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 517 total, 126 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050626013089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ WAS ENROUTE FROM DALLAS, TEXAS, TO SALIDA, COLORADO, IN HIS PERSONAL AIRCRAFT, A RV-6A. HE STOPPED AT TRINIDAD, COLORADO, FOR FUEL AND TO CHECK THE WEATHER BECAUSE THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. HE LEFT TRINIDAD AND ENCOUNTERED STORMS THAT HE COULD NOT GET AROUND AND DECIDED TO RETURN OT THE TRINIDAD PERRY STOKES AIRPORT (TAD). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED THERE WAS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE AREA OF THE AIRPORT. ON FINAL THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED THAT THE SPEED ON FINAL APPROACH WAS FAST AND THAT THE AIRPLANE "COASTED" OVER THE RUNWAY UNTIL IT WAS HIT WITH A STRONG GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ TRIED TO GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT WEATHER VANED INTO THE WIND AND HE LOST CONTROL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE HIT THE GROUND ON THE NOSE GEAR, SKIDDED AND THEN FLIPPED OVER. A WITNESS, THE AIRPORT MANAGER STATED THAT HE HEARD THE ENGINE SOUND AND LOOKED AT THE AIRCRAFT AND SAW IT IN A NOSE HIGH, STALLED ATTITIDE ABOUT TWENTY FEET OVER RUNWAY 21. HE SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROTATED TO THE RIGHT UNTIL INVERTED AND THEN CRASHED UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 DEN05CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA095), Jun 26, 2005: Vans RV-6A (N8097F), Trinidad, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind and his inadequate recovery from a bounced 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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