# Accident 19910729030509A: Amtr ULTIMATE, Franklin, KY, July 29, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1991, 18:13 local time
- Place: Franklin, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7128° N, 86.5536° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franklin, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7128&lon=-86.5536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6521R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6521R-1993-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Price Gordon ULTIMATE 10-300 (registry code 7220531, https://openairdocs.org/model/price-gordon-ultimate-10-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ULTIMATE
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 50 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO91DLQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91DLQ01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910729030509A

## Narrative

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

POWER PLANT QUIT AS THE PILOT WAS SWITCHING FUEL TANKS. AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND WHILE LANDING IN FIELD.

## 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 BFO91DLQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91DLQ01), Jul 29, 1991: Gordorn Price Ultimate 10-300 (N6521R), Franklin, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: DELAY IN SWITCHING FUEL TANKS WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.

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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