# Accident 19960317005799A: Amtr GR7, Rancho Calif, CA, March 17, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Rancho Calif, CA
- Airport: French Valley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5742° N, 117.1285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRENCH VALLEY (F70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5742&lon=-117.1285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555GR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555GR-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bumford James G GR-7 (registry code 05612JZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/bumford-james-g-gr-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GR7
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,039 total, 1 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960317005799A

## Narrative

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

FIRST FLIGHT AFTER PURCHASE. AFTER TAKEOFF AT 2000FT ROLLED STALLED. SPUN IN. LACKED FIXED WING RECENT ACTIVITY.

## 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 LAX96LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA137), Mar 17, 1996: Bumford GR-7 (N555GR), Temecula, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane, while performing an aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in inadvertent entry into a spin. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's…

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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