# Accident 19980503021339A: Amtr CHALLENGERII, Savannah, GA, May 3, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1998, 08:00 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CHALLENGERII
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980503021339A

## Narrative

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

FLYING UNREGISTERED HOMEBUILT. NO CHECKOUT. NEW PURCHASE. TEST FLIGHT. HIT TREES. SEE OTHER INFORMATION BLOCK 32 OF 8020-23 AND ATTACHMENTS. (.4)ON MAY 3, 1998, ABOUT 0800 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME A CHALLENGER II, HOMEBUILT, UNREGISTERED AIRPLANE, WAS LOCATED AFTER IT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND NEAR THE SAVANNAH RIVER IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. ACCORDING TO THE FAA, THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PREVIOUS OWNER STATED THAT THE PILOT HAD JUST PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE THAT WEEK AND WAS TAKING IT FOR A TEST FLIGHT. THE PILOT HAD NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF AIRPLANE. THE PILOT DEPARTED THE AREA AND WAS NOT HEARD FROM AGAIN. THE PILOT'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS NOT CURRENT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE PILOT'S LOGBOOK WAS NOT RECOVERED. HIS LAST REPORTED FLIGHT TIME ON HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS 2400 TOTAL CIVILIAN HOURS. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY THE FAA FOUND IT DESTROYED AND THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS WERE NOT RECOVERED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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