# Accident 20080705843429A: Amtr RV8, Valera, TX, July 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2008, 20:00 local time
- Place: Valera, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7522° N, 99.5564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7522&lon=-99.5564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N184KS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N184KS-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shannon Kevin RV-8 (registry code 05619RD, https://openairdocs.org/model/shannon-kevin-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 635 total, 30 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080705843429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING LOW PASSES OVER A CROWD OF 1,200 PEOPLE GATHERED AT A SW TEXAS RANCH FOR A 4TH OF JULY BBQ, THE PILOT COMPLETED HIS 3RD PASS WITH A STEEP PULL-UP INTENDING A COURSE REVERSAL, THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE STALLED, ROLLED LEFT AND ENTERED AN INCIPIENT SPIN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED PARKED CARS AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES AND WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT KILLED.

## 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 DEN08LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA119), Jul 6, 2008: Shannon Kevin RV-8 (N184KS), Valera, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a forced landing, which led to an aerodynamic stall, following a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was…

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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