# Accident 20090404004959A: Amtr RV8, Angleton, TX, April 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2009, 14:40 local time
- Place: Angleton, TX
- Airport: Flyin Tiger
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2647° N, 95.4119° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2647&lon=-95.4119&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89EA-2017-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Argence Enas A RV-8 (registry code 056212S, https://openairdocs.org/model/argence-enas-a-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV8
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 99 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090404004959A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  N89EA, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED WITH TREES FOLLOWING AN AILERON ROLL DURING CLIMB-OUT FROM THE FLYING' TIGER AIRPORT (81D), NEAR ANGLETON, TEXAS.  THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES DUE TO BURNS AND A COMPOUND FRACTURE OF HIS COLLAR BONE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  WITNESSES REPORTED THAT AS THE AIRPLANE'S WINGS ROLLED BACK TO A LEVEL ATTITUDE THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED INTO TREES.  ONE EYEWITNESS THAT IS A PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO ROLL WINGS LEVEL, BUT IMPACTED THE TREES IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, DESCRIBED AS A "MUSH".  THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE GROUND AND WAS DESTROYED IN A POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN09LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA236), Apr 4, 2009: Argence RV-8 (N89EA), Angleton, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees during initial climbout.

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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