# Accident 20140714011509A: David R Dantonio 404, Iowa Park, TX, July 14, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2014, 11:45 local time
- Place: Iowa Park, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9475° N, 98.6161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9475&lon=-98.6161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N482FD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N482FD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: David R Dantonio 404 (registry code 05632AV, https://openairdocs.org/model/david-r-dantonio-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DAVID R DANTONIO 404
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR POLARIS 500CC EFI 2-STROKE WATER COOLED
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 44 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA380) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140714011509A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 14, 2014, AT 1145 LOCAL TIME, AN AMATEUR BUILT EXPERIMENTAL FISHER MODEL 404 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N482FD, REGISTERED TO THE PRIVATE OWNER, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT A TREE IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 732 FEET NORTH OF RUNWAY 13 AT THE WICHITA VALLEY AIRPORT (F14), LOCATED FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE WICHITA VALLEY AIRPORT ON JULY 14, 2014 AT 1130 LOCAL TIME.

## 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 CEN14CA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA380), Jul 14, 2014: Dantonio 404 (N482FD), Wichita Falls, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of a spark plug wire resulting in a loss of engine power during climb out and a subsequent forced landing on a field containing trees.

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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