# Accident 19970411005819A: Amtr ULTIMATE, Yuma, AZ, April 11, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1997, 19:35 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Airport: Yuma Mcas - Yuma International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7208° N, 114.5099° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7208&lon=-114.5099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N325GP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N325GP-1999-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Price Gordon ULTIMATE 10-300S (registry code 7220529, https://openairdocs.org/model/price-gordon-ultimate-10-300s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ULTIMATE
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,060 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970411005819A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED DURING AIR SHOW. (FROM .4)  AN AIR SHOW ROUTINE WAS BEING PERFORMED AT SUNSET, WHICH INVOLVED A GIANT RING OF FLAMES AT CENTER STAGE OF THE SHOW.  ONCE ESTABLISHED ON THE LAST PASS THROUGH THE RING OF FIRE, THE PILOT PLANNED TO FLY INVERTED AND CUT A RIBBON WITH THE PROPELLER BLADES.  SHE REPORTED THAT WHILE FLYING INVERTED DURING THE THIRD PASS, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE REMEMBERED THE TURN-AROUND, ROLLING INVERTED, AND ESTABLISHING HER SIGHT PICTURE FOR THE RUN-IN.  HOWEVER, THE NEXT FEW SECONDS WERE A TOTAL BLANK IN HER MEMORY, WITH HER VISUAL PICTURE RESUMING WITH THE SPARKS CREATED BY THE INVERTED SLIDE.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE AIRPLANE.  AN FAA INSPECTOR REPORTED THAT THE 'RING OF FIRE' ROUTINE REQUIRED THE PILOT TO FLY DIRECTLY INTO THE SETTING SUN, THEN TURN AROUND FOR THE INVERTED PASS.  THE INSPECTOR ESTABLISHED ON-SCENE THAT NO MECHANICAL OR ENGINE ABNORMALITIES HAD OCCURRED.

## 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 LAX97LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA155), Apr 12, 1997: Gordon Price Ultimate 10-300S (N325GP), Yuma, AZ, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate vertical clearance from the runway, while flying inverted. Factors relating to the accident were: the light conditions at dusk, and the pilot's lack of visual…

## Other reports on N325GP (1)

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

- [Incident 19900313012769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900313012769I), Mar 13, 1990: Amtr 10300S (N325GP), Opalousas, LA, Minor damage. Tail wheel bolt axle broke on a tight turn. Right wheel left taxiway and aircraft nosed up on its propeller.

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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