# Accident 20060123000379A: Villar RV6, Decatur, NE, January 23, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2006, 15:30 local time
- Place: Decatur, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7636° N, 96.1781° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7636&lon=-96.1781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242EV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N242EV-2012-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Villarubia Everehe A JR RV-6 (registry code 05623BN, https://openairdocs.org/model/villarubia-everehe-a-jr-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VILLAR RV6
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 21,400 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060123000379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CAUSE OF FATAL ACCIDENT IS OF AN UNDETERMINED NATURE DUE TO HISTORY OF PILOT, AND CONDITION OF WRECKAGE.

## 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 CHI06LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA071), Jan 23, 2006: Villarubia RV-6 (N242EV), Decatur, NE, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An inflight collision with the terrain for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N242EV (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940713029689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940713029689I), Jul 13, 1994: Amtr RV6 (N242EV), New Orleans, LA, Minor damage. Hard landing. Veered off runway. Hit runway light. Went around and landed safe. Blamed a gust of wind.

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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