# Accident 20060205001059A: Amtr MURPHYELITE, Presidio, TX, February 5, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2006, 10:00 local time
- Place: Presidio, TX
- Airport: Big Bend Ranch State Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4683° N, 103.9353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4683&lon=-103.9353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N560SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N560SC-2012-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sanders Ralph MURPHY ACFT ELITE (registry code 056112O, https://openairdocs.org/model/sanders-ralph-murphy-acft-elite) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MURPHYELITE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060205001059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 5, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM, THE PILOT OF N560SC, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 08 FROM THE BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK SAUCEDA AIRSTRIP, (3TE3). THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE REACHING AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND THEN VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED A 3 FOOT MOUND OF DIRT LOCATED 30 FEET FROM THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND 55 FEET FROM THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDED 96 FEET THROUGH BRUSH AND CAME TO A HALT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, LEFT WING STRUT, MAIN LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE 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 DFW06CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA065), Feb 5, 2006: Ralph Sanders Murphy Acft Elite (N560SC), Presidio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.

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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