# Accident 20080413840819A: Amtr LANCAIRLEGAY, Lakeland, FL, April 13, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2008, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Linder Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9867° N, 82.0186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9867&lon=-82.0186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1177M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1177M-2013-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dayon Thomas LANCAIR LEGACY (registry code 05621C3, https://openairdocs.org/model/dayon-thomas-lancair-legacy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRLEGAY
- Reported engine: CONT IO550N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 234 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080413840819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED SUN-N-FUN AIRSHOW AND TOOKOFF TO THE WEST, AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE CLIMBED OVER THE TREE LINES AT APPROX 500, AND THEN CRASHED ON THE OTHERSIDE OF TREE-LINE INTO A OPEN FIELD.  POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED APPROX. 1 ACRE IN DIAMETER AND THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 MIA08LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA089), Apr 13, 2008: Dayon Lancair Legacy (N1177M), Lakeland, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's distraction with the canopy during takeoff.

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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