# Accident 20080811843049A: Amtr RV6A, Muskogee, OK, August 11, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2008, 13:25 local time
- Place: Muskogee, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7314° N, 95.3475° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7314&lon=-95.3475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22163, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22163-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dickey Ron RV-6A (registry code 056030Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/dickey-ron-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 605 total, 0 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080811843049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED (FYE) FAYETTE COUNTY AIRPORT ENROUTE TO STATED DESTINATION OF BORGER, TX. (BGD). AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VFR WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED IMC WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE CRASH SITE. NO RADIO CONTACT WAS MADE NOR WAS AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED TO MODIFY THE FLIGHT PATH. RADAR TRACK FROM TULSA, OK. TRACON INDICATED THE START OF A TIGHTENING DOWNWARD SPIRAL FROM 8500 FT. TO 8100 FT. AT WHICH TIME CONTACT WAS LOST. AIRCRAFT DESCENDED OUT OF OVERCAST (1100 FT REPORTED, LIGHT RAIN) AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND ANGLE OF DESCENT. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND AT AN ANGLE OF 80-85 DEG.

## 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 DEN08LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA139), Aug 11, 2008: Dickey RV-6A (N22163), Muskogee, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into an area of reduced visibility weather conditions, which resulted in the pilot's spatial disorientation and subsequent…

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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