# Accident 19901002043919A: Amtr MARCOJ5, Clearwater, FL, October 2, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1990, 15:10 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater Air Park Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9767° N, 82.7587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Clearwater Air Park (CLW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9767&lon=-82.7587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10EK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10EK-2013-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Van Der Kaay Erik K MARCO J5 (registry code 056162B, https://openairdocs.org/model/van-der-kaay-erik-k-marco-j5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MARCOJ5
- Reported engine: IAME KFM107
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 28 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA91FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901002043919A

## Narrative

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

STALLED IN STEEP TURN ON EXTENDED BASE LEG IN PATTERN. DIVED INTO ROOF OF A HOUSE. RELATIVELY HIGH STALL SPEED.

## 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 MIA91FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91FA001), Oct 2, 1990: Erik K. Van Der Kaay Marco J-5 (N10EK), Clearwater, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BRAKES AT A LOW ALTITUDE.

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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