# Accident 20061202030679A: Amtr SA6B, Cameron, TX, December 2, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2006, 11:32 local time
- Place: Cameron, TX
- Airport: Cameron Municipal Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8700° N, 96.9683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8700&lon=-96.9683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3129, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3129-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stits Flut-R-Bug SA6B (registry code 865043T, https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-flut-r-bug-sa6b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SA6B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,138 total, 1 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061202030679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE TWO PLACE TANDEM TRICYCLE GEAR EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE CRASHED DURING A SECOND TAKE-OFF ABORT ON RWY 16 @ T35 AIRPORT, CAMERON, TEXAS. BOTH PILOTS REPORTED AIRCRAFT CAME AIRBORNE EARLY, EVEN WITH FULL FORWARD STICK AND ONLY PARTIAL POWER. BOTH PILOTS SAID THE AIRCRAFT WAS VERY TAIL HEAVY. THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR BROKE OFF DURING THE CRASH AND THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT FORWARD FIREWALL, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE COMPOSITE PROPELLER AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE. A POST-ACCIDENT WEIGHT AND BALANCE CALCULATION SHOWS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS 38 POUNDS OVER THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMITATION OF 1,125 POUNDS. THE MAXIMUM RECOMMENDED CG LIMITS FOR THIS EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE WAS 13.5 INCHES FORWARD CG, AND 21.0 INCHES AFT CG. HOWEVER, THE POST-ACCIDENT CALCULATION SHOWED THE AIRPLANE'S ACTUAL CG WAS AT 27.3 INCHES, WHICH WAS MORE THAN 6 INCHES AFT OF THE RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM AFT CG LIMIT. THE 1,138 HOUR FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID HE DID NOT TAKE OVER WHEN "THINGS STARTED GOING BAD" BECAUSE THE STUDENT, A 190 HOUR -USUA ULTRALIGHT PILOT, HAD MORE EXPERIENCE IN THIS AICRAFT THAN THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. (TACH 1411.5 -ACFT TT 409.3)

## 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 DFW07CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA033), Dec 2, 2006: Stits Flut-R-Bug SA6B (N3129), Camerson, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a hard landing. A factor was the delayed remedial action by the flight instructor.

## Other reports on N3129 (1)

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

- [Accident 20090114001259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090114001259A), Jan 14, 2009: Stits SA6B (N3129), Los Olivos, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot had landed aircraft on figueroa mountain rd. after claiming to have experienced engine trouble. After conducting a successful engine run-up, he took off…

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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