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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr Firestari · Dallas, GA · April 11, 1998

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Date: April 11, 1998 · 16:45 local
Place: Dallas, GA
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: NONE
Reported as: Amtr Firestari
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,013 total

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What happened

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(.19) High sink rate on final settled into trees. No registration or airworthiness. Pilo not medical. Not rated. (.4)while turning from base leg to final leg on approach to landing at a grass strip the aircraft encountered wind gusts. The aircraft descended and the pilot could not stop the descent prior to the aircraft colliding with trees. The homebuilt aircraft was not registered with the FAA and the pilot did not hold any FAA pilot or medical certificates. (-23)MIA98LA129

As the FAA filed it

(.19) HIGH SINK RATE ON FINAL SETTLED INTO TREES. NO REGISTRATION OR AIRWORTHINESS. PILO NOT MEDICAL. NOT RATED. (.4)WHILE TURNING FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL LEG ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT A GRASS STRIP THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED WIND GUSTS. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AND THE PILOT COULD NOT STOP THE DESCENT PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDING WITH TREES. THE HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT WAS NOT REGISTERED WITH THE FAA AND THE PILOT DID NOT HOLD ANY FAA PILOT OR MEDICAL CERTIFICATES. (-23)MIA98LA129