# Accident 20070530013699A: Amtr RV6A, Boerne, TX, May 30, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2007, 10:35 local time
- Place: Boerne, TX
- Airport: John Henry Key
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8594° N, 98.7414° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8594&lon=-98.7414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39AJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39AJ-2013-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Adams John E RV-6A (registry code 05608FL, https://openairdocs.org/model/adams-john-e-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070530013699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 30, 2007, APPROXIMATELY 1035 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A SINGLE-ENGINE ADAMS RV-6A HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE, N39AJ, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB FROM RUNWAY 04 AT THE JOHN HENRY KEY AIRPORT (7TA8) NEAR BOERNE, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO, AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE 178-NAUTICAL MILE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO THE HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT (HOU) WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE REMAINS OF THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN A RAVINE IN A RUGGED AREA ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO ANYONE ON THE GROUND. A POST-IMPACT FIRE CONSUMED MOST OF THE AIRPLANE. AT ABOUT 100 TO 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE ATTAINED A PRONOUNCED NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED ABRUPTLY TO THE LEFT AS THE AIRPLANE ASSUMED A NOSE-LOW ATTITUDE.

## 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 DFW07LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA124), May 30, 2007: Adams RV-6A (N39AJ), Boerne, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the best angle of climb speed resulting in an inadvertent stall. A contributing factor was the high density altitude.

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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