# Accident 20080508836719A: Amtr LANCAIRIVP, La Grange, NC, May 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2008, 13:10 local time
- Place: La Grange, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4283° N, 77.8075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4283&lon=-77.8075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101BX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101BX-2016-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Desalvatore AL LANCAIR IV-P (registry code 05614RM, https://openairdocs.org/model/desalvatore-al-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIVP
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080508836719A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON MAY 8, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1714Z A SINGLE ENGINE LANCAIR IV-P IMPACTED THE GROUND NEAR LA GRANGE, NC AND WAS DESTROYED BY THE ENSUING FIRE.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  WEATHER AT THE SURFACE WAS REPORTED: WINDS FROM 220 DEGREES AT 07 KNOTS GUSTING TO 14 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 7 SM WITH LIGHT RAIN, CEILINGS WERE 2,800' BROKEN, AND 3,500' BROKEN, TEMP. 23 DEGREES C., DEW POINT 18 DEGREES C., ALTIMETER 29.95.  THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN ON FILE, AND ON RECORD THAT WEATHER BRIEFING HAD BEEN RECEIVED.  AT 1650Z, WASHINGTON CENTER REPORTED THAT N101BX FOR A LOWER ALTITUDE DUE TO ICING.  WASHINGTON CENTER CLEARED N101BX TO 15,000'.  AT 1710Z WASHINGTON CENTER LOST RADAR CONTACT.  THE RIGHT WING TIP AND WINGLET SEPARATED FOM THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE FOUND APPROXIMATELY .8 OF A MILE TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE WHERE IT HAD STRUCK THE ROOF OF A HOUSE AND FALLEN TO THE GROUND.

## 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 NYC08LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA176), May 8, 2008: Desalvatore Al Lancair IV-P (N101BX), Snow Hill, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with icing conditions, resulting in a loss of aircraft control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight decision making.

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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