# Accident 19951013035869A: Amtr COZY, Atlanta, GA, October 13, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1995
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7804° N, 84.3810° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7804&lon=-84.3810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102JL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COZY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL96LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951013035869A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON OCTOBER 13, 1995, AT 1605 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A LOPEZ LANCAIR 360, N102JL WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP NEAR ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 BY THE PILOT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED RUNWAY 20 AT THE DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT AT 1554, AND WAS DESTINED FOR BOCA RATON, FLORIDA. WITNESSES STATED THEY HEARD A LOUD BANG, AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BREAK-UP JUST PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE TERRAIN. (.4) THE NONINSTRUMENT-RATED PILOT FILED FOR AND RECEIVED AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN CLEARANCE FROM ATLANTA TO BOCA RATON, FLORIDA. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS IMC. TRANSCRIPTS OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS INDICATED THAT THE PILOT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS MAINTAINING ALTITUDE AND HEADING. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT GYROS WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. HE LATER REPORTED THAT HE BELIEVED THE PROBLEM HAD CORRECTED ITSELF. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT DESCEND OUT OF THE BASE OF THE CLOUDS AND BREAK UP IN FLIGHT.

## 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 ATL96LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA004), Oct 13, 1995: Lopez Lancair 360 (N102JL), Atlanta, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the noninstrument-rated pilot's intentional VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions which led to a loss of control.

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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