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FAA accident report · Amtr SA300 · Eaton Rapids, MI · October 13, 1996

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Date
October 13, 1996 · 14:59 local
Place
Eaton Rapids, MI
Airport
Skyway Estates Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7691
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI97LA010
Reported as
Amtr SA300
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
2,630 total145 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days
N7691Registration cancelled Apr 7, 1997 · Dellicker STARDUSTER TOO SA300S/N 370Airframe modelDellicker STARDUSTER TOO SA300

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft attempting a barrel roll. Crashed and burned. (-23) aircraft was observed by pilot/witness taking off on runway 26 at Skyway Estates arpt, in Eaton Rapids township, Michigan. Aircraft was observed, after wheels broke ground contact, leveling off and building airspeed just above runway. At end of runway aircraft entered a steep climb and after approx. 200-400' of climb, fell straight down and contacted the ground. Acft destroyed due to post crash fire. (.4) a private pilot, who was a witness to the accident, reported that he observed the airplane depart. 'After breaking ground contact, the airplane leveled off, gained airspeed, and then near the end of the runway, the pilot pulled up sharply into a steep climb. After a couple of hundred of feet of climb [the airplane] entered a steep right turn of approximately 45 degrees. The aircraft lost control and fell to the ground and crashed.' The witness reported that he did not hear any 'unusual' sound, and he believed the engine was at full power. A second witness reported that he noticed an airplane 'going 90 degrees straight up and straight down.' One propeller blade was bent near the root in the aft direction and exhibited minor torsional bending. The other blade exhibited minor 's' shaped bending.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTING A BARREL ROLL. CRASHED AND BURNED. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY PILOT/WITNESS TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 26 AT SKYWAY ESTATES ARPT, IN EATON RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN. AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED, AFTER WHEELS BROKE GROUND CONTACT, LEVELING OFF AND BUILDING AIRSPEED JUST ABOVE RUNWAY. AT END OF RUNWAY AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STEEP CLIMB AND AFTER APPROX. 200-400' OF CLIMB, FELL STRAIGHT DOWN AND CONTACTED THE GROUND. ACFT DESTROYED DUE TO POST CRASH FIRE. (.4) A PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT, REPORTED THAT HE OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE DEPART. 'AFTER BREAKING GROUND CONTACT, THE AIRPLANE LEVELED OFF, GAINED AIRSPEED, AND THEN NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT PULLED UP SHARPLY INTO A STEEP CLIMB. AFTER A COUPLE OF HUNDRED OF FEET OF CLIMB [THE AIRPLANE] ENTERED A STEEP RIGHT TURN OF APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND CRASHED.' THE WITNESS REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR ANY 'UNUSUAL' SOUND, AND HE BELIEVED THE ENGINE WAS AT FULL POWER. A SECOND WITNESS REPORTED THAT HE NOTICED AN AIRPLANE 'GOING 90 DEGREES STRAIGHT UP AND STRAIGHT DOWN.' ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS BENT NEAR THE ROOT IN THE AFT DIRECTION AND EXHIBITED MINOR TORSIONAL BENDING. THE OTHER BLADE EXHIBITED MINOR 'S' SHAPED BENDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI97LA010Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportEaton Rapids, MIthe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and subsequent inadvertent stall of the airplane. A factor was the ostentatious display.Oct 13, 1996 · Destroyed

Other reports on N7691 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19820609036479IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Nederland, TXWind gust on landing roll. Lost control and ground looped. Eight knot wind reported.Jun 9, 1982 · Reported as Amtrso STARDUSTER2 · Minor damage