Date:	Monday 30 April 2012
Time:	15:30
Type:	Van's RV-6A
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N819RS
MSN:	21023
Total airframe hrs:	625 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-320 SERIES
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Chumuckla Highway, near J-22 Ranch Airport - 16FL, Milton, FL -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Milton, FL (16FL)
Destination airport:	Bayou La Batre, AL (5R7)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The airplane began to experience an intermittent loss of engine power during the initial climb, and a witness observed black smoke coming from the engine exhaust. The pilot maneuvered the airplane for a landing to the opposite end of the departure runway; however, he overshot the runway and performed a forced landing to a field. During the forced landing, the nose gear collapsed, and the airplane nosed over, came to rest inverted, and was consumed by a postcrash fire. Postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. The carburetor, gascolator, fuel pump, and fuel lines were destroyed by fire and could not be examined. The airplane had been operated for about 25 hours since its most recent condition inspection, which was performed about 4 months prior. The weather conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to serious carburetor icing at glide power; however, the reason for the loss of engine power could not be determined.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

NTSB
FAA register: [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.srpressgazette.com/news/plane-15620-county-santa.html]
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/01_819RS.txt
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=819RS&x=0&y=0
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120501X21324&key=1

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-May-2012 17:51	Geno	Added
16-May-2012 21:41	Geno	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Dec-2016 19:28	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]
27-Nov-2017 20:37	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]