# Accident 20060618026961A: Amtr RV6A, Peru, IL, June 18, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2006, 08:48 local time
- Place: Peru, IL
- Airport: Illinois Valley Regional/Walter A
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Formation Flying
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3519° N, 89.1531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3519&lon=-89.1531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86CG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86CG-2009-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Good Christopher John RV-6A (registry code 05609NO, https://openairdocs.org/model/good-christopher-john-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060618026961A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 18, 2006 A GROUP OF FOUR AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE POPLAR GROVE AIRPORT (C77) FOR A FLIGHT TO THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AIRPORT IN PERU IL (VYS). PRIOR TO DEPARTURE THE GROUP HAD A PREFLIGHT BRIEFING DISCUSSING THE PLANNED DIAMOND FORMATION FLYING TO TAKE PLACE AT VYS. THIS BRIEFING ALSO INCLUDED HOW THE RECOVERY FOR LANDING WOULD BE COMPLETED WHILE IN THE DIAMOND FORMATION AT VYS. WHEN ARRIVING AT VYS AND ESTABLISHED IN A DIAMOND FORMATION THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED OVER THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 18 TO BEGIN THEIR RECOVERY FOR LANDING. THE LEAD AIRCRAFT (N68LT) BEGAN HIS RECOVERY TO LANDING BY INFORMING THE THREE AIRCRAFT IN THE GROUP HE WAS PULLING, HE THEN BEGAN A CLIMBING LEFT TURN. ACCORDING TO EYE WITNESSES LOCATED AT THE AIRPORT THE NUMBER TWO AIRCRAFT (N86CG) ALSO BEGAN A CLIMB AT THE SAME TIME RESULTING IN A MID-AIR COLLISION. THE LEAD AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE BUT WAS ABLE TO RECOVER AFTER THE MID-AIR COLLISION AND CONTINUE TO A SAFE LANDING. THE NUMBER TWO AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING APPEARS TO HAVE FOLDED TO THE SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF THE MID-AIR, IT THEN BEGAN A SPIRALING DESCENT AND WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N68LT, Amtr VANSRV8: [Accident 20060618026962A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060618026962A)

## 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 CHI06LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA157), Jun 18, 2006: Good RV-6A (N86CG), Peru, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot of the second airplane in the formation to maintain clearance with the lead airplane during the overhead recovery maneuver prior to landing.

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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