# Accident 20050821017639A: Amtr RV8, Menomonie, WI, August 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Menomonie, WI
- Airport: Menomonie Municipal-Score Fld Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8922° N, 91.8678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8922&lon=-91.8678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505DF-2005-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kircher Dale A VANS RV-8 (registry code 056131C, https://openairdocs.org/model/kircher-dale-a-vans-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV8
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 435 total, 61 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050821017639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THREE (3) WITNESSES OBSERVED AIRCRAFT PERFORM ROLL MANEUVER AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 27 AT MENOMONIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT - SCORE FIELD (KLUM). AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AND IMPACTED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE WEST AND 300-400 FEET NORTH OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE AND WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE 3 PASSENGERS HAD EARLIER BEEN GIVEN LOCAL SIGHTSEEING FLIGHTS BY THE PILOT. STATEMENTS AND VIDEO TAKEN BY WITNESSES DID NOT INDICATE ANY PRE-EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH THE PILOT OR THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

## 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 CHI05LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA237), Aug 21, 2005: Kircher RV-8 (N505DF), Menomonie, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to perform an aerobatic roll during takeoff, the low altitude, and his failure to maintain clearance from the crops and terrain.

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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