# Accident 20080707855219A: Amtr LANCAIRIVP, Hollywood, FL, July 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2008, 17:57 local time
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Airport: North Perry
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0067° N, 80.2406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0067&lon=-80.2406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N488SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N488SD-2009-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pohl Douglas A LANCAIR IV-P (registry code 05610NM, https://openairdocs.org/model/pohl-douglas-a-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIVP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,240 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080707855219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) JULY 07, 2008, APPROX: 1757 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN (EXPERIMENTAL) LANCAIR IV-P, N488SD AIRCRAFT REGISTERED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS TITLE 14CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE N488SD COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AND BURNED AT THE EAST BOUNDARIES NORTH PERRY AIRPORT, (HWO), PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.  N488SD DEPARTED 9R AT (HWO) ENROUTE TO TAILWINDS AIRPORT (FD15), JUPITER, FLORIDA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  WITNESSES STATED THAT N488SD CLIMBED TO ABOUT 125 FT, AIRCRAFT MADE A STEEP LEFT BANK AND DESCENDED IN A STRAIGHT DOWN ATTITUDE WHERE IT IMPACTED 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 MIA08LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA134), Jul 7, 2008: Douglas A. Pohl Lancair IV-P (N488SD), Hollywood, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

## Other reports on N488SD (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050928026169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050928026169I), Sep 28, 2005: Amtr LANCAIRIVP (N488SD), Okeechobee, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed on runway rwy 32 and after touch down right wheel started smoking and brake right wheel locked causing the tire to skid, the right tire blew…
- [Accident 20010723017949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010723017949A), Jul 23, 2001: Amtr LANCAIRIVP (N488SD), Fryeburg, ME, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was on a VFR flight from auburn/lewiston, ME (lew) to buffalo, NY (buf). Approximately 15 miles southwest of auburn/lewiston (lew) while climbing…

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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