# Accident 20070402007559A: Amtr RV6, Sinton, TX, April 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2007, 08:30 local time
- Place: Sinton, TX
- Airport: San Patricio County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0296° N, 97.4994° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0296&lon=-97.4994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N606S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N606S-2007-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schilleci Joel E RV-6 (registry code 05607XN, https://openairdocs.org/model/schilleci-joel-e-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 18,410 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070402007559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 2, 2007, APPROXIMATELY 08:30 CDT N606S WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT SINTON, TEXAS AIRPORT (T69). THE PILOT HAD COMPLETED A GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14 AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO CIRCLE FOR LANDING. A HEAVY LAYER OF FOG PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY 14 THRESHOLD. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH. AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY THE POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 DFW07LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA090), Apr 2, 2007: Schilleci RV-6 (N606S), Sinton, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control while performing an instrument approach. A contributing factor was the prevailing fog.

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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