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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr Skyboy · Huntington, IN · April 20, 2006

Date
April 20, 2006 · 15:30 local
Place
Huntington, IN
Airport
Huntington Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N758RW
Reported as
Amtr Skyboy
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total8 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) An experimental amateur built aircraft, Skyboy, N758RW was destroyed after impacting the ground. Witnesses stated the aircraft had been circling the area "engine sounded normal then all of the sudden the aircraft began to spiral downward to the left at a very steep angle." Another witness stated that the pilot had landed at her home at approximately 3:00-3:10 pm and looked like a "man who had been behind a team of mules plowing all day and he was dripping with sweat and seemed exhausted." The aircraft crashed at approximately 3:39 pilot was the only occupant and fatal. An autopsy report from the Huntington, IN coroner's office stated that pathologist privacy data omitted determined the decedent experienced a coronary thrombosis prior to the aircraft crash. The pilot (decedent) had a medical history of heart disease.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, SKYBOY, N758RW WAS DESTROYED AFTER IMPACTING THE GROUND. WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN CIRCLING THE AREA "ENGINE SOUNDED NORMAL THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SPIRAL DOWNWARD TO THE LEFT AT A VERY STEEP ANGLE." ANOTHER WITNESS STATED THAT THE PILOT HAD LANDED AT HER HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00-3:10 PM AND LOOKED LIKE A "MAN WHO HAD BEEN BEHIND A TEAM OF MULES PLOWING ALL DAY AND HE WAS DRIPPING WITH SWEAT AND SEEMED EXHAUSTED." THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AT APPROXIMATELY 3:39 PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND FATAL. AN AUTOPSY REPORT FROM THE HUNTINGTON, IN CORONER'S OFFICE STATED THAT PATHOLOGIST ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ DETERMINED THE DECEDENT EXPERIENCED A CORONARY THROMBOSIS PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT CRASH. THE PILOT (DECEDENT) HAD A MEDICAL HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE.