# Accident 20080814841969A: Amtr KOLBMK3, Richland, WA, August 14, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2008, 14:00 local time
- Place: Richland, WA
- Airport: Richland
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3056° N, 119.3042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3056&lon=-119.3042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18EX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KOLBMK3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080814841969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 01 THE PILOT CLIMBED AND THEN LEVELED OFF AT APPROX. 200 FEET, THE PILOT BEGAN A STEEP RIGHT TURN SHORTLY AFTER LEVEL OFF. JUST PRIOR TO REACHING THE 180 DEGREE DIRECTIONAL POINT IN THE TURN, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY BANKED TO ALMOST 90 DEGREE WING ANGLE TO THE GROUND. THE ENGINE INCREASED IN RPM AND THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO STALL. THE AIRCRAFT FELL, RAPIDLY, STRAIGHT DOWN, IMPACTING THE GROUND RIGHT WING FIRST THEN, ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE ENGINE RAN AT HIGH RPM DURING THE DESCENT AND IMPACT, AND CONTINUED TO RUN FOR APPROX 15 SECONDS AFTER THE IMPACT. THERE WAS A LARGE FUEL LEAK BUT NO FIRE. THE PILOT APPEARED TO BE DECEASED BY THE TIME FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVE, APPROX 45 SECONDS AFTER THE IMPACT.

## 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 SEA08LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA178), Aug 14, 2008: Kolb Mark III (N18EX), Richland, WA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed above stall speed while executing a steeply banked turn in the traffic pattern.

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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