# Accident 20060424008469A: Amtr LANCAIR360, Mount Pleasant, SC, April 24, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2006, 11:30 local time
- Place: Mount Pleasant, SC
- Airport: Mt Pleasant Regional-Faison Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8919° N, 79.7764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8919&lon=-79.7764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9GX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9GX-2006-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mike Alpha Tango LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05608C0, https://openairdocs.org/model/mike-alpha-tango-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR360
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,888 total, 20 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060424008469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING LOW APPROACHES AND TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 17 AT THE EAST COOPER AIRPORT (KLRO), MT. PLEASANT, S.C., THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DURING THE CLIMB OUT PHASE OF FLIGHT, ENTERED A HIGH BANK ANGLE, PITCHED DOWN, AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NEAR THE END AND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 17 IN A DRY MARSH AREA FACING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH DAMAGE CAUSED BY A STALL/SPIN GROUND IMPACT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO FUEL PRESENT IN THE FUEL DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD, AND ONLY RESIDUAL FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS. THERE WAS NO APPARENT ODOR OF AVIATION FUEL AT THE SCENE.

## 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 ATL06LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA070), Apr 24, 2006: Lancair Lancair 360 (N9GX), Charleston, SC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during a climb to preclude a stall, which resulted in a loss of control and an in-flight collision with terrain. A factor associated with the…

## Other reports on N9GX (1)

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

- [Incident 20051229030149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051229030149I), Dec 29, 2005: Amtr LANCAIR360 (N9GX), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. (-23) PIC reported that the nose landing gear would not extend down and locked during his final approach for landing. He attempted to extend the gear using the…

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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