# Accident 20080301837022A: Amtr RV8, Titusville, FL, March 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2008, 08:36 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Arthur Dunn Air Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6200° N, 80.8347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6200&lon=-80.8347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128RV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N128RV-2017-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hess William E RV-8 (registry code 05610VX, https://openairdocs.org/model/hess-william-e-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV8
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08FA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080301837022A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MARCH 1, 2008, A RV-8 OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AFTER A FORMATION FLIGHT LANDING ON RUNWAY 15, WAS EXITING VIA, R-33 CROSS OVER TAXI WAY. DURIN TAXI HIS AIRCRAFT WAS IMPACTED BY A VELOCITY XL OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE VELOCITY WAS TRAVELING ON AND OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. IT APPEARS THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AFTER LANDING. BOTH THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 MIA08FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08FA070), Mar 1, 2008: William E. Hess RV-8 (N128RV), Titusville, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot of the Velocity’s failure to see and avoid the flight of four RV-8s that had landed and were in the process of clearing the runway.

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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