# Accident 20080724844039A: Amtr COZYMKIV, Midlothian, TX, July 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2008, 09:14 local time
- Place: Midlothian, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4364° N, 97.0186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4364&lon=-97.0186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500K-2017-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Marshall James J COZY MK IV (registry code 05615YJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/marshall-james-j-cozy-mk-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COZYMKIV
- Reported engine: 6A350C1R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080724844039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 24, 2008, AT 0915 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COZY MK IV, N500K, SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE WALL OF A ROCK QUARRY SOUTHWEST OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT, AND SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT THAT HAD DEPARTED THE ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GKY), ARLINGTON, TEXSAS, AT APPROXIMATELY 0700.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.

## 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 DFW08LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA197), Jul 24, 2008: Marshall James J Cozy MK IV (N500K), Midlothian, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the wall of the rock quarry.

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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