# Accident 20060430007149A: Russel RV6, Death Valley, CA, April 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: Death Valley, CA
- Airport: Death Valley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4511° N, 116.8719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4511&lon=-116.8719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N655VT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N655VT-2013-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Russell Ronald R RV-6 (registry code 05619LQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/russell-ronald-r-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: RUSSEL RV6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060430007149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RWY 15 AT FURNACE CREEK AIRPORT, DEATH VALLEY, CA., LOST ENGINE POWER, AND CRASHED 1/4 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT AT 1300 HRS, ON 04/30/2006. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED, ONE PASSENGER HAD MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED OUT.

## 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 LAX06LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA153), Apr 30, 2006: Ronald R Russell RV-6 (N655VT), Death Valley, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: a fuel starvation induced loss of engine power due to a likely vapor lock condition in the fuel lines.

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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