# Accident 19970319003309A: Amtr BREEZY FWS, Gilroy, CA, March 19, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Gilroy, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0603° N, 121.5500° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0603&lon=-121.5500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16KB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16KB-1998-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Passadori Norman BREEZY (registry code 05650E4, https://openairdocs.org/model/passadori-norman-breezy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BREEZY FWS
- Reported engine: LYC O290
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970319003309A

## Narrative

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

FLEW LOW UP A CANYON. UNABLE CLEAR TERRAIN TRIED REVERSE COURSE. STRUCK TREES. (.19)  ON MARCH 19, 1997, AT 1530 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL PASSADORI NORMAN BREEZY, N16KB, COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE MANEUVERING AT A LOW ALTITUDE NEAR GILROY, CALIFORNIA.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED, ONE PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WHICH DEPARTED FROM REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN.

## 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 LAX97LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA127), Mar 19, 1997: Passadori Norman Breezy (N16KB), Gilroy, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to reverse course while climbing into rising terrain, and his failure to maintain an adequate airspeed margin which resulted in a stall/mush into trees and terrain.

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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