20080203011059A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr RV-4 · Elkin, NC · February 3, 2008

Date
February 3, 2008 · 21:17 local
Place
Elkin, NC
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N580RG
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA08FA052
Reported as
Amtr RV4
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After takeoff, pilot attempted an aileron roll, lost control of aircraft and struck embankment. Aircraft became inverted and caught fire continuing down embankment and contacting ground a second time. Aircraft exploded upon impact with ground. Aircraft destroyed in post impact fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT ATTEMPTED AN AILERON ROLL, LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK EMBANKMENT. AIRCRAFT BECAME INVERTED AND CAUGHT FIRE CONTINUING DOWN EMBANKMENT AND CONTACTING GROUND A SECOND TIME. AIRCRAFT EXPLODED UPON IMPACT WITH GROUND. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN POST IMPACT FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.