# Accident 20061202029259A: Hollow RV6A, Coos Bay, OR, December 2, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2006, 16:00 local time
- Place: Coos Bay, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4781° N, 124.2700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4781&lon=-124.2700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N914C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N914C-2010-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Holloway Charles K RV6A (registry code 05626A2, https://openairdocs.org/model/holloway-charles-k-rv6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOLLOW RV6A
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061202029259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES DESCRIBE OBSERVING AN AIRCRAFT TRAVELING NORTH, WHICH THEN TURNED SHARPLY SOUTH AND THEN WENT INTO THE OCEAN NOSE DOWN. FAMILY MEMBERS WERE WAITING AT N. BEND AIRPORT FOR THE RETURN OF THIS AIRCRAFT AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS. AIRCRAFT HAD RECEIVED 14 GAL. OF FUEL AT 1500 FROM COOS AVIATION. FUEL SAMPLE AFTER ACCIDENT DID NOT REVEAL CONTAMINATION OF ANY KIND. API GRAVITY CHECK NORMAL. DIVERS FROM NORTH BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT UNABLE TO LOCATE WRECKAGE AS OF THIS DATE. REPORT FROM COOS BAY COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE INDICATES US COAST GUARD HELICOPTER LOCATED AN OIL SLICK WHERE THEY BELIEVED THE PLANE CRASHED. MOTOR LIFE BOATS LOCATED SEVERAL PIECES OF DEBRIS WHICH POSSIBLY INCLUDED AN ARM REST FROM THE PLANE AND AN AUDIO EAR PIECE. THE PLANE CRASHED INTO APPROX. 20-30 FT OF WATER. GPS COORDINATES FROM THE BEACH DIRECTLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE CRASH SITE ARE N43 28.677 AND W124 16.019. NO OTHER FACTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. ALL FIELDS LEFT BLANK ON THIS FORM WILL BE COMPLETED IF INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. FORM WILL BE AMENDED AS NECESSARY.

## 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 SEA07LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA025), Dec 3, 2006: Holloway RV6A (N914C), North Bend, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the water while performing low altitude maneuvering flight resulting in an in flight collision with the water.

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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