# Accident 19921121047499A: Amtr S10, San Jose, CA, November 21, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1992, 14:10 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3212° N, 121.8305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3212&lon=-121.8305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N821DR-2015-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Goetowski Charles R RANS S-10 SAKOTA (registry code 05618DT, https://openairdocs.org/model/goetowski-charles-r-rans-s-10-sakota) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR S10
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921121047499A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEM ON CLIMBOUT. MADE TIGHT TURN TO RETURN. STALLED AND SPUN IN. PRIOR CONTAMINATED CARBURETOR.

## 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 LAX93LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA048), Nov 21, 1992: Rans S-10 Sakota (N821DR), San Jose, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: 1) THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO UNDETERMINED REASON(S), AND, 2) THE PILOT NOT MAINTAINING AIRSPEED ABOVE THE POWER OFF STALL SPEED WHILE MANEUVERING TO THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN AN INADVERTENT…

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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