# Accident 19910110000309A: Amtrja GNAT, Bossier City, LA, January 10, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1991, 12:30 local time
- Place: Bossier City, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5160° N, 93.7321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bossier City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5160&lon=-93.7321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3XR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3XR-1991-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Folland GNAT T 1 (registry code 3570100, https://openairdocs.org/model/folland-gnat-t-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRJA GNAT
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910110000309A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED INTO TREES. NO FUEL ONBOARD. LOW CEILING AND VISIBILITY. PRIOR PASS OVER AIRPORT. VERY SHORT FUEL RANGE.

## 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 FTW91FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA028), Jan 10, 1991: Folland Gnat T-1 (N3XR), Bossier City, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT AND HIS DELAY IN DIVERTING TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO LACK OF FUEL. THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND RADIO MALFUNCTION…

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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