# Accident 19980127000639A: Amtr TIERRA2, Woodson, AR, January 27, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1998, 13:50 local time
- Place: Woodson, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5397° N, 92.2225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodson, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5397&lon=-92.2225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N131WH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N131WH-2006-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sutton W Jr/Sutton Hazel TIERRA II (registry code 05605G8, https://openairdocs.org/model/sutton-w-jr-sutton-hazel-tierra-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TIERRA2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 4 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980127000639A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS IN A RIGHT TURN AND COULD NOT GET OUT OF IT, PILOT SHUT OFF ENGINE AND ACFT WENT DOWN, LITTLE ROCK, AR. (-23) THE PILOT STATED TO INDIVIDUALS RESPONDING ON THE ACCIDENT SCENE THAT THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A STEEP RIGHT TURN FROM WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER. HE ELECTED TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT A RECOVERY. PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT THE PILOT CUT 6 INCHES FROM THE PITOT TUBE IN AN EFFORT TO CORRECT AIR SPEED INACCURACIES. THE PILOT LATER INFORMED HIS WIFE THAT HE THOUGHT HE HEARD THE LEFT STRUT SNAP. A POST-CRASH INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL STRUCTURAL OR CONTROL FAILURE.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (.4)THE PILOT TOLD INDIVIDUALS RESPONDING TO THE ACCIDENT SITE THAT THE AIRPLANE 'ENTERED A STEEP RIGHT TURN FROM WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO PULL THE AIRPLANE OUT, SO HE ELECTED TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT TO GET OUT OF IT.' THE FAA INSPECTOR THAT RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE STATED THAT PHYSICAL EVIDENCE INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE MUDDY FIELD IN A LEFT TURN IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE PILOT'S WIFE REPORTED THAT THE PILOT ELECTED TO EXECUTE A SHORT FLIGHT TO VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR. THE PILOT'S WIFE FURTHER REPORTED THAT SHE WAS OBSERVING THE AIRPLANE OVER THE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE 'SUDDENLY ROLLED INTO A 50 DEGREE BANK TO THE RIGHT' AS SHE CONTINUED TO OBSERVE THE AIRPLANE ENTER A RIGHT SPIRALING TURN UNTIL IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THE PILOT TOLD HIS WIFE THAT PRIOR TO HIS LOSS OF CONTROL, 'HE THOUGHT HE HEARD THE LEFT WING STRUT SNAP.' EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE BY THE FAA INSPECTOR DID NOT REVEALED ANY PRE-EXISTING ANOMALIES OR DISCONTINUITIES THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED NORMAL OPERATION OF THE HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE. THE REASON FOR THE LOSS OF CONTROL COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## 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 FTW98LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA107), Jan 27, 1998: Sutton Tierra II (N131WH), Woodson, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane for undetermined reasons.

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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