# Accident 19980403035499A: Amtr TIERRA2, Wooster, OH, April 3, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1998, 14:25 local time
- Place: Wooster, OH
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8099° N, 81.9303° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8099&lon=-81.9303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63250, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63250-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ramseyer Don TIERRA II (registry code 05676H1, https://openairdocs.org/model/ramseyer-don-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: 91 total, 1 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980403035499A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 3, 1998, ABOUT 1425 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A HOMEBUILT TIERRA 11, N63250, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A LANDING TO A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN WOOSTER, OHIO. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR, THE PILOT HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE AND WAS RECEIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION IN THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT AND STATED THAT DURING LANDING THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ABOUT 30 TO 50 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THAN STALLED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE FIRST. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY AN FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED NO PRE-IMPACT ABNORMALITIES OF THE AIRFRAME OR ENGINE.(.4)THE PILOT HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE AND HAD RECEIVED ABOUT 1 HOUR OF DUAL INSTRUCTION WITH A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) IN THE AIRPLANE, PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING THE AIRPLANE STABLE DURING THE LANDING APPROACH BECAUSE IT PRODUCED A LOT OF LIFT AND WANTED TO FLY.  THE PILOT STATED '...I WAS CONTROLLING  MY ALTITUDE WITH THE THROTTLE UNTIL I STALLED AND DROPPED..' THE 1 HOUR OF DUAL INSTRUCTION THE PILOT RECEIVED BEFORE THE ACCIDENT WAS HIS ONLY FLIGTH EXPERIENCE IN MAKE AND MODEL.                                            (-23)PILOT WAS RECEIVING INITIAL TRAINING WITH FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND SOLO DOWN WIND, BOUNCED ABOUT 30 FT IN THE AIR, STALLED AND CRASHED NOSE FIRST INTO THE GROUND.  PILOT SUSTAINED BACK INJURY AND LACERATIONS.  THE AIRCRAFT, AN EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  WITNESSES BY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ AND AIRCRAFT BUILDER ^PRIVACY DATA^.

## 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 NYC98LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA088), Apr 3, 1998: Ramseyer Tierra II (N63250), Wooster, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the landing approach. A factor in this accident was the pilot's lack of experience in make and model.

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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