# Accident 20060724013299A: Amtr RV6, Hartselle, AL, July 24, 2006 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 24, 2006, 06:52 local time - Place: Hartselle, AL - Airport: Rountree Field Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Final Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.8639° N, 86.7703° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8639&lon=-86.7703&mi=10 - Aircraft: N112WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N112WA-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Arter Warren S RV-6 (registry code 05602ZC, https://openairdocs.org/model/arter-warren-s-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AMTR RV6 - Reported engine: LYC O360A1D - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA110) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060724013299A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) PILOT FATALLY INJURED. INSPECTOR STATEMENT: I WAS CONTACTED BY MY SUPERVISOR/FAA COMMUNICATION CENTER ON JULY 24, 2006, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO AN ACCIDENT THAT HAD OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF HARTSELLE, ALABAMA, ADJACENT TO A PRIVATE RESIDENT LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND EAST OF EPPS AIRPARK LOCATED IN HARVEST, ALABAMA, ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 18. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCES IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. I TRAVELED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE ON JULY 24, 2006. THE AIRPLANE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WAS AN RV-6, N112WA, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ I ARRIVED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AT 10:30 AM AND STARTED THE INVESTIGATION AND EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE. REVIEW OF ISIS INFORMATION REVEALED THE PILOT HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH RATINGS FOR AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND ISSUED ON JUNE 24, 1997. THE PILOT'S LOGBOOK COULD NOT BE LOCATED. THE PILOT'S LAST FLIGHT REVIEW COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE PILOT HOLDS A THIRD CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED ON 1/16/2004 WITH LIMITATIONS FOR NEAR VISION. THE PILOT'S MEDICAL CERT IFICATE EXPIRED ON 01/16/2006. AT THE TIME THE PILOT WAS ISSUED A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE HE HAD 1200 FLIGHT HOURS. CURRENT PILOT TIME AND MAKE AND MODEL COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE AIRPLANE HAD COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE DESCENDING AND EVENTUALLY COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE ON A HEADING OF 090 DEGREES MAGNETIC. THE PROPELLER AND PROPELLER FLANGE WERE DETACHED FROM THE ENGINE. THE SPINNER WAS CRUSHED FROM THE IMPACT. BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT AFT AND TORSIONAL TWISTING WAS PRESENT. ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS TORN ABOUT 6 INCHES FROM THE TIP. THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A LYCOMING O-360-A1D 180 HORSEPOWER ENGINE. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY REVEALED THE ENGINE MOUNTS SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY. THE OIL PAN AND CARBURETOR HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE EXHAUST TUBES AND MUFFLER WERE DAMAGED. THE INDUCTION TUBES WERE DAMAGED. THE MAGNETOS WERE NOT DAMAGED AND THE IMPULSE COUPLING WAS WORKING. THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REMOVED AND WERE GRAY IN COLOR AND "NORMAL" WHEN COMPARED TO THE CHAMPION CHECK A PLUG CHART. VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE PISTONS THROUGH THE SPARK PLUG HOLES DID NOT REVEAL ANY DAMAGE. CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT TO THE REAR GEARS. FUEL WAS PRESENT IN THE FUEL LINES. THE FUEL SERVO WAS DESTROYED AND THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE STARTER AND ALTERNATOR REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE. THE STARTER RING GEAR WAS SEPARATED. THE STARTER DRIVE PINION WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE VACUUM PUMP AND THE OIL COOLER WERE DAMAGED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. THE CABIN AREA WAS DAMAGED. THE TACHOMETER INDICATED 855.7 HOURS. THE THROTTLE WAS AT FULL POWER. THE MIXTURE LEVER WAS FULL RICH. THE CARBURETOR HEAT WAS IN. THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS IN THE OFF POSITION. THE FLIGHT CONTROL CABLES WERE INTACT FROM THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AFT TO ALL FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES. THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BENT AFT AND REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE AIRFRAME. THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH SEATBELTS AND SHOULDER HARNESS. THE LEFT SEATBELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS WERE IN USE AND HAD NOT BEEN CUT BY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. ACCORDING TO THE HARTSELL FIRE CHIEF THE PILOT'S WATCH WAS STOPPED AT 0652 CDT. THE AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION AND AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE WAS LOCATED IN THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS COULD NOT BE LOCATED. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE CONCERNING THE LAST ANNUAL OR 100-HOUR INSPECTION AND TOTAL TIME ON THE ENGINE OR AIRFRAME. IT WAS DETERMINED WHEN OR WHERE THE AIRPLANE WAS LAST REFUELED. THE RIGHT WING REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE AIRFRAME WITH DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE. THE RIGHT WING MAIN FUEL TANK WAS NOT RUPTURED. THE RIGHT MAIN FUEL CAP HAD A TIGHT SEAL AND AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF FUEL PRESENT IN THE FUEL TANK. THE RIGHT FLAP WAS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AND THE RIGHT AILERON REMAINED ATTACHED TO ITS ATTACHMENT HINGES. THE EMPENNAGE WAS DAMAGED AND THE TAIL WHEEL REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE AIRFRAME. THE VERTICAL FIN, RUDDER, LEFT AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS, AND LEFT AND RIGHT ELEVATORS REMAINED ATTACHED AND WERE DAMAGED. THE LEFT WING REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE AIRFRAME AND THE LEFT WING WAS PUSHED AFT. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING EXHIBITED ACCORDION CRUSHING AND WAS TORN. THE LEFT MAIN FUEL TANK WAS RUPTURED. THE LEFT MAIN FUEL CAP HAD A TIGHT SEAL. THE LEFT AILERON WAS ATTACHED TO ITS ATTACHMENT HINGES AND THE LEFT FLAP WAS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. IT WAS REPORTED BY SEVERAL PILOTS FROM THE AIRCRAFT'S HOME BASE, THAT THE PILOT OFTEN MADE HIGH-SPEED PASSES AND AEROBATIC MANUEVERS OVER AND AROUND THE AIRPORT AND RUNWAY AREA. IT WAS REPORTED BY WITNESSES THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN BUZZING THE TOWN OF HARTSELLE AND THE PLANE WAS ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 18. THE ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE IS 660 FEET. THE LAT LONG IS N34"24.785' W 86"55.900.' THE ALTIMETER WAS STUCK AT 915 FEET. THE VSI SHOWED A 1500-FOOT A MINUTE DESCENT. THE G-METER SHOWED 1.5 G'S. THE 0657 SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATION AT HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONAL-CARL T. JONES FIELD, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, LOCATED 13 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF THE CRASH SITE WAS: WIND CALM, VISIBILITY 9 MILES, CLEAR, TEMPERATURE 75 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, DEW POINT TEMPERATURE 64 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, AND ALTIMETER 30.04. THE AIRLANE WAS RELEASED TO THE HARTSELLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON JULY 24. THE AIRPLANE WAS PICKED UP BY A RECOVERY TEAM AND TRANSPORTED TO PARKER TOWING AND GARAGE LOCATED AT 1176 HIGHWAY 55 WEST FALKVILLE AL 35622. ## 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 ATL06LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA110), Jul 24, 2006: Arter RV6 (N112WA), Hartselle, AL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering resulting in an inadvertent stall and collision with trees and the ground. Factor in the accident were the pilot's ostentatious display and… 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. 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