# Accident 20070501006899A: Amtr VEGASSPORT, Sandy Valley, NV, May 1, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2007, 08:20 local time
- Place: Sandy Valley, NV
- Airport: Sky Ranch Estates Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7972° N, 115.7989° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7972&lon=-115.7989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N169BC-2013-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ceridono Robert VEGAS SPORT FLYER (registry code 05605EM, https://openairdocs.org/model/ceridono-robert-vegas-sport-flyer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VEGASSPORT
- Reported engine: AMTR EA81
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 326 total, 164 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070501006899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 1ST, 2007 INSPECTORS FROM THE LAS VEGAS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (WP-19) ARRIVED ON SCENE TO INVESTIGATE A FATAL CRASH INVOLVING AN EXPERIMENTALLY CERTIFICATED VEGAS SPORT FLYER, N169BC, SERIAL NUMBER 01. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 21 FROM THE SANDY VALLEY AIRPORT ENROUTE TO PAHRUMP NEVADA AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO A POST CRASH FIRE WHICH CONSUMED ALL OF THE AIRCRAFT COVERING AND THE MAJORITY OF THE LEFT WING. THE COCKPIT, ENGINE AND VICTIM ALSO SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL FIRE DAMAGE. THE INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT WAS NOTED AS BEING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF ALL WRECKAGE AND DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET AWAY FROM AND SURROUNDING THE AIRCRAFT. A GARMIN GPS PILOT III UNIT AND TAIL WHEEL WERE FOUND APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE GENERAL HEADING OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IMPACT WAS APPROXIMATELY 222 DEGREES. THE EMPENNAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS BENT TO THE RIGHT OF THE FUSELAGE AS VIEWED FROM THE REAR. THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE LEFT WING THAT WERE NOT CONSUMED BY THE FIRE WERE FOUND WRAPPED AGAINST THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE ENGINE WAS FACING IN GENERALLY THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH ONE OF THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES STILL ATTACHED TO THE PROP HUB. THE REMNANTS OF THE RIGHT WING WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT AT THE LOWER STRUT ATTACHMENT POINT. CONTINUITY OF THE RUDDER CABLES AND ELEVATOR PUSH/PULL TUBES WERE CONFIRMED. CONTINUITY OF BOTH CONTROL STICKS AND FLAP HANDLE BACK TO THE AILERON/FLAP MIXING BELL CRANK WAS CONFIRMED. DUE TO SEVERE FIRE DAMAGE AND MELTING OF THE ALUMINUM STRUCTURE CONTINUITY FROM THE AILERON/FLAP BELL CRANK TO THE FLAPERONS AS WELL AS ENGINE CONTROLS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED.

## 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 LAX07LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA147), May 1, 2007: Ceridono Vegas Sport Flyer (N169BC), Mountain Pass, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of airplane control while maneuvering after takeoff for an undetermined reason.

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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