# Accident 19960322004819A: Amtr VK30, Duluth, MN, March 22, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1996, 12:20 local time
- Place: Duluth, MN
- Airport: Duluth International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8405° N, 92.2197° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8405&lon=-92.2197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44VK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44VK-1996-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design VK-30 (registry code 05623J4, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-vk-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VK30
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250B17
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,438 total, 3 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960322004819A

## Narrative

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

INTENTIONAL STALL FOR TESTING. UNABLE TO RECOVER. GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN. LOAD AF CG. LANDED IN WOODED AREA. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN UNDER PHASE I OF EXPERIMENTAL-EXHIBITIONS OPERATING LIMITATIONS AND WAS 7.6 HOURS INTO 15 HOUR PROGRAM. STALL ACCIDENT OCCURED WHILE CONDUCTING FINAL STALL SERIES OF TESTS WITH AIRCRAFT CONFIGURED GEAR DOWN, FULL FLAPS AND CG AT 33% AFT MAC. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND IN HEAVILY WOODED AREA 5 MILES NORTH OF DULUTH AIRPORT. PILOT WAS WEARING PARACHUTE BUT DID NOT EGRESS AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO IMPACT. THE PILOT HAD 3.1 HOURS IN AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI96FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA116), Mar 22, 1996: Cirrus VK30 (N44VK), Duluth, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the inadequate handling/performance design capabilities of the airplane which resulted in the inability to recover from an aft center of gravity spin. Factors were the lack of any antispin or deep…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.