Hammond Vans RV-6A accident near La Junta, CO
On June 24, 2003, a Hammond Vans RV-6A (airplane) was involved in an accident near La Junta, CO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 24, 2003
- Place
- La Junta, CO
- Aircraft
- Hammond Vans RV-6A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.049°N, 103.486°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030701X00974
Official records · DEN03FA111
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 24, 2003, approximately 1005 mountain daylight time, a Hammond Vans RV-6A, N199LH, registered to and operated by the pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain approximately 1/2-mile east of the La Junta Municipal Airport, La Junta, Colorado. The private pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at 0922. According to a lineman who was refueling an airplane, he saw the pilot drive by the airport off ice about 0900. Approximately 0910, the pilot announced on the Unicom frequency that he was taxiing to runway 26. The lineman said the pilot departed to the west at 0922. At 0929, the pilot contacted the Denver Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS), reported his position as being 13 nautical miles west of La Junta, and requested the weather in the La Junta area. The pilot was given the current La Junta METAR (routine aviation meteorological report) and an AIRMET (airman meteorology) for turbulence. At 0930, the pilot reported that he was 10 nautical miles north of the airport and filed a PIREP (pilot report). The lineman said he thought he saw the pilot fly over runway 08 in an easterly direction, but he paid no attention. Another witness said he saw the airplane in the traffic pattern doing touch-and-go landings. When the pilot failed to return home for dinner, his wife drove to the airport and found his parked automobile. The hangar door was open and the airplane was gone. She notified airport per
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in a stall during the turn from base leg to final approach.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
