# Accident 20070625013439A: Amtr RV6A, Greeley, CO, June 25, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2007, 11:48 local time
- Place: Greeley, CO
- Airport: Greeley-Weld County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4372° N, 104.6331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4372&lon=-104.6331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94KA-2015-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schwarz Arthur J RV-6A (registry code 05625JV, https://openairdocs.org/model/schwarz-arthur-j-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 819 total, 20 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070625013439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) JUNE 25, 2007 A RV6A EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT CRASHED OFF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 34 GREELEY, COLORADO (GXY) AT 11:48 LOCAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN A POST CRASH FIRE WITH 2 FATALITIES. THE PRIVATE PILOT (ASEL) AND ONE PASSENGER (PRIVATE PILOT, ASEL) DEPARTED ERIE, COLORADO (EIK) BETWEEN 10 AND 10:30 ON A 14CFR91 FLIGHT. THE UNICOM RECORDING HAD NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. THE LAST RADIO CALL WAS THE AIRCRAFT ON BASE LEG. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POWER LINE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 34.

## 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 DEN07LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA108), Jun 25, 2007: Schwarz RV-6A (N94KA), Greeley, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall and impact with terrain.

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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