# Accident 20090823017709A: Amtr RV6, Ama, LA, August 23, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2009, 16:25 local time
- Place: Ama, LA
- Airport: St Charles
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9519° N, 90.2861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9519&lon=-90.2861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N352JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N352JB-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brown Joseph B JR RV-6 (registry code 05607FR, https://openairdocs.org/model/brown-joseph-b-jr-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 320 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA538](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA538) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090823017709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF NORTH BOUND ON AIR FIELD.  APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS INTO TAKEOFF RUN, AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY IMPACTED TREE LINE AND EXPLODED INTO A FIREBALL.  TWO DEAD, PILOT JAMES MILLER AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT LEE COLLINS.  THE TAIL SECTION AND TWO WINGS WERE IN TACK, THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, SEATS, INSTRUMENTS IN COCKPIT AREA ALL BURNED UP.  THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ON THE GROUND SHOWS THAT BOTH BRAKES WERE LOCKED FOR NEARLY 600 FEET UNTIL IMPACT OF TREES.  RUDDER CABLES WERE STILL ATTACHED TO FOOT PEDAL ASSEMBLE AT IMAPCT SIGHT.  INVESTIGATED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL TO SEE IF BEARINGS MAY HAVE CAUSED WHEEL TO BIND AND VEER LEFT.  NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE WAS NOTED.  IT APPEARS THAT APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS INTO THE TAKEOFF ROLL THIS AIRCRAFT HAD BOTH BRAKES APPLIED EVENLY, AND AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE ON GRASS.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID AND CONTINUED TO SLIDE, IT EVEN SLID OVER A RUNWAY LIGHT ABOUT 200 FEET BEFORE IMPACT.  AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS INSPECTED IN DEPTH AFTER RECOVERY AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT CARBURATOR THROTTLE POSITION ARM HAD BROKE LOOSE.  WE DO NOT KNOW IF THAT HAPPENED BEFORE IMPACT OR AFTER IMPACT, OR DURING RECOVERY OF WRECKAGE.

## 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 CEN09LA538](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA538), Aug 23, 2009: Brown Joseph B JR RV-6 (N352JB), Ama, LA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

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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