# Accident 19950917029769A: Amtr KOLBMK3, Souris, ND, September 17, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1995, 17:10 local time
- Place: Souris, ND
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.9107° N, 100.6797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9107&lon=-100.6797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42996, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42996-1997-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Haugen Blaine KOLB KXP (registry code 05626NC, https://openairdocs.org/model/haugen-blaine-kolb-kxp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KOLBMK3
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 154 total, 9 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA323) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950917029769A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL STEEP LOW ALTITUDE TURN. STALLED. NO AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. TWO CHILDREN REAR SEAT,TANDEM PLANE. (-23) THE PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED HIS FARM STRIP IN SOURIS, ND AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS CDT WITH TWO (02) PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT HEADED NORTH AND AT APPROXIMATELY 1510 CDT, WHILE AT 150 FEET AGL THE PILOT STARTED A RIGHT TURN. ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE TURN, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT POINTED STRAIGHT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE 2 PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CHI95LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA323), Sep 17, 1995: Haugen Kolb Firestar II (N42996), Souris, ND, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the ultralight vehicle.

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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