# Accident 20050807019099A: Amtr VANSRV8, Fort Collins, CO, August 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2005, 09:05 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Arp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4533° N, 105.0189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4533&lon=-105.0189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5754S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5754S-2007-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sheel William F VANS RV-8 (registry code 05617KS, https://openairdocs.org/model/sheel-william-f-vans-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VANSRV8
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 125 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050807019099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PRIVATE RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED LOVELAND FORT COLLINS AIRPORT, RUNWAY 33, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:05 AM IN A HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTED BY THE PILOT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VMC. WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SUDDEN STEEP LEFT BANK TO A SOUTHERNLY DIRECTION AND THAT THEY DID NOT THINK THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN REPORTED IN A WINGS LEVEL POSITION AND DIVING AT A 45 TO 60 DEGREE ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A SLIGHT NOSE DOWN ANGLE AT AN APPROXIMATE COMPASS DIRECTION OF 150 DEGREES, TRAVELED 210 FEET AND CAME TO REST IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED INTACT EXCEPT FOR THE WHEEL PANTS AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHICH WERE FOUND IN THE CRASH PATH. THE FAA INSPECTOR ARRIVED ON SCENE APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AFTER THE CRASH AND OBSERVED THE LEFT TANK WAS EMPTY, THE RIGHT TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH OF FUEL AND THE TANK SELECTOR VALVE WAS FOUND ON THE LEFT TANK. THE PROPELLER WAS FOUND WITH ONE BLADE BENT UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE COWL AND THE OTHER BLADE VERTICAL WITH LITTLE DAMAGE. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE PILOT WAS REPORTED AS CRITICAL.

## 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 DEN05LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA121), Aug 7, 2005: Sheel Vans RV-8 (N5754S), Fort Collins, CO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot inadvertently stalling the airplane and descending into the ground. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation and his failure to refuel the airplane,…

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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