# Accident 20060530009579A: Amtr COMPAIR6, Minden, NV, May 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2006, 08:40 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Douglas County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0003° N, 119.7511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0003&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6008N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6008N-2013-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hunter Donald E COMP AIR 6 (registry code 056043Q, https://openairdocs.org/model/hunter-donald-e-comp-air-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COMPAIR6
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 2 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060530009579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAKE OFF OF RUNWAY 34, THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT CRASHED JUST OFF AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO WASHOE MEDICAL CENTER IN RENO, NV, VIA HELICOPTER. DURING A BED SIDE INTERVIEW OF THE PILOT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATED THAT DURING THE TAKE-OFF HE HEARD A LOUD POP SOUND AND CONTINUED THE TAKE-OFF AND CLIMB. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATED THAT HE HAD LOST ENGINE POWER IN THE LEFT TURN, AND SOMETIME BETWEEN THE LOSS OF POWER AND THE CRASH HE HAD PUSHED IN THE MIXTURE TO FULL RICH, PUMPED THROTTLES AND PUT FUEL BOOST TOO LOW. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY THREE STORIES AND MADE A HARD LEFT TURN AND HIT THE GROUND AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. WITNESSES HAVE STATED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING BEFORE GOING QUIET. ALSO, A WITNESS STATED THAT AT THE RUN UP AREA FOR RUNWAY 34 THE ENGINE DID NOT SOUND RIGHT AND WAS RUNNING ROUGH JUST BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF.

## 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 LAX06LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA187), May 30, 2006: Hunter Comp Air 6 (N6008N), Minden, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power due to an excessively rich mixture. The underlying reasons for the overly rich mixture were not determined. Also causal was the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed…

## Other reports on N6008N (1)

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

- [Accident 20020628015709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020628015709A), Jun 28, 2002: Amtr COMPAIR6 (N6008N), Mc Call, ID, No damage. (-23) While landing at the mccall, ID airport, the pilot lost directional control of his experimental tailwheel homebuilt. An ammendment to this 8020-23 will…

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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