# Accident 20050730018369A: Amtr EDGE540T, Denison, TX, July 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2005, 15:09 local time
- Place: Denison, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7139° N, 96.6736° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7139&lon=-96.6736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95DE-2006-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zivko Aeronautics EDGE 540-T (registry code 05607SQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/zivko-aeronautics-edge-540-t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EDGE540T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,150 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050730018369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 30, 2005 AT 1509 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A ZIVKO AERONAUTICS, INC., EDGE 540-T, REGISTERED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH THE WATER BETWEEN BOATHOUSES 2 AND 3 AT THE EISENHOWER MARINA AT LAKE TEXOMA NEAR DENISON, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 OF THE CODE OF REGULATIONS, PART 91 AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GRAYSON COUNTY AIRPORT AT 1500 LOCAL.

## 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 DFW05LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA193), Jul 30, 2005: Zivko Aeronautics Edge 540-T (N95DE), Denison, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while performing aerobatics. A contributing factor was the low altitude.

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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