# Accident 20060510025439A: Amtr LANCAIRIVP, Somerset, PA, May 10, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2006, 15:15 local time
- Place: Somerset, PA
- Airport: Somerset County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0389° N, 79.0144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0389&lon=-79.0144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5473, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5473-2013-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bulmer Jeffrey S LANCAIR IV-P (registry code 05617YW, https://openairdocs.org/model/bulmer-jeffrey-s-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-E (registry code 17247, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIVP
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,571 total, 500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060510025439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 7 AT SOMERSET COUNTY AIRPORT (2G9), EYEWITNESSES STATE THERE WAS A TRAIL OF BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS SPUTTERING, THEN WENT SILENT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BANKED TO THE LEFT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST APPROXIMATELY 42 FEET FROM THE POINT OF INITIAL IMPACT.

## 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 NYC06LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA112), May 10, 2006: Bulmer Lancair IV-P (N5473), Somerset, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed after takeoff to preclude a stall, which resulted in a loss of control and an inadvertent stall. Factors associated with the accident are 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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