# Accident 19971126035749A: Amtr VELOCITY, Florence, SC, November 26, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1997, 15:44 local time
- Place: Florence, SC
- Airport: Florence Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1805° N, 79.7797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1805&lon=-79.7797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N907ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N907ME-1998-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ewart M D/Eward N S VELOCITY RG-STANDARD (registry code 05602A3, https://openairdocs.org/model/ewart-m-d-eward-n-s-velocity-rg-standard) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITY
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 381 total, 330 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971126035749A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ENROUTE. CRASH LANDED IN TREES SHORT OF FLO. PROPELLER BLADE FAILURE. POSSIBLY INCORRECT INSTALLATION. (-23) ON NOVEMBER 26, 1997, ABOUT 1544 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A MARK EWART VELOCITY STANDARD RG, HOME-BUILT AIRPLANE, N907ME, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THE GROUND DURING A FORCED LANDING NEAR FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, BUT NOT ACTIVATED, FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LANTANA, FLORIDA, ABOUT 0850, ON THE SAME DAY. A REFUELING STOP WAS MADE AT SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WITH DEPARTURE FROM SAVANNAH AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED SAVANNAH, THEN RETURNED, FOLLOWING THE PILOT'S REPORT OF AN UNDEFINED PROBLEM. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE FLIGHT DEPARTED AGAIN. THE PILOT REQUESTED VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING AS IT OVER FLEW FLORENCE. ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE, THE PILOT STATED HE HAD A PROBLEM AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. VECTORS WE                                    RE PROVIDED BY FLORENCE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER TOWARD THE FLORENCE AIRPORT. DURING THE VECTORS TO FLORENCE, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD QUIT. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THE GROUND ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF THE FLORENCE AIRPORT. INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT ONE BLADE OF THE THREE BLADED PROPELLER WAS ABSENT FROM THE HUB. IT WAS NOT LOCATD AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## 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 ATL98FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98FA017), Nov 26, 1997: Mark Ewart Velocity Standard RG (N907ME), Florence, SC, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: improper maintenance procedures used by the pilot/repairman, which resulted in the loosening and eventual failure of the propeller. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's self-imposed…

## Other reports on N907ME (1)

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

- [Incident 19961130043779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961130043779I), Nov 30, 1996: Amtr VELOCITY (N907ME), Barnwell, SC, Minor damage. Strong crosswind gust landing over stressed nose gear causing it to collapse. Broke attach fitting. Side loading.

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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