# Accident 20070502007449A: Amtr LANCAIRIVP, Mcallen, TX, May 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2007, 18:58 local time
- Place: Mcallen, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1722° N, 98.2364° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1722&lon=-98.2364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N119TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N119TC-2012-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Livpt LANCAIR IV-P (registry code 05614VO, https://openairdocs.org/model/livpt-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIVP
- Reported engine: WALTER M601E
- 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 DFW07LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070502007449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 2, 2007, THE PILOT HAD A PROBLEM STARTING THE ENGINE AFTER TOPPING OFF WITH FUEL AT THE MCALLEN AIRPORT. A MECHANIC HELPED HIM CLEAR THE ENGINE AFTER FUEL FLAMES WERE COMING OUT THE EXHAUST. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF TO THE SOUTH AND CRASHED ON 10TH STREET APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT, AFTER THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE CONCRETE BARRIERS DIVIDING THE HIGHWAY AND THEN THE GUARDRAIL ON THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AFTER THE RIGHT WING HIT THE GUARDRAIL AT THE FUEL CAP AREA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE FEMALE PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE PILOT WAS REMOVED FROM THE BURNING WRECKAGE BUT HIS INJURIES WERE ALSO FATAL.

## 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 DFW07LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA103), May 2, 2007: Livpt Lancair IV-P (N119TC), McAllen, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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