# Accident 20090623016589A: Amtr RV6A, Cottonwood, AZ, June 23, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2009, 08:29 local time
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport: Cottonwood
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7300° N, 112.0350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7300&lon=-112.0350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N413RV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N413RV-2010-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mayo Gene H RV-6A (registry code 05607QU, https://openairdocs.org/model/mayo-gene-h-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 286 total, 9 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA308) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090623016589A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 32, COTTONWOOD AIRPORT, CLIMBING STRAIGHT OUT.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, ENGINE SPUTTERED AND APPEARED TO LOSE POWER.  WITNESSES STATED THE ENGINE CAME TO LIFE WITH A HIGH-PITCHED NOISE.  AT THE SAME TIME THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED IN A NEAR NOSE-VERTICAL DESCENT TO THE GROUND, IMPACTING APPROXIMATELY 4 TENTHS OF A MILE FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 32.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED ON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.  THERE WAS NO POST-ACCIDENT 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 WPR09LA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA308), Jun 23, 2009: Mayo RV-6A (N413RV), Cottonwood, AZ, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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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