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FAA accident report · Amtr M2SPORT1000 · Semmes, AL · May 12, 1998

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Date
May 12, 1998 · 19:00 local
Place
Semmes, AL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Amtr M2SPORT1000
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX618
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Non-certificated pilot with out waiver for 2-place ultralight and passenger departed grass strip in an unregistered aircraft. Turbulance was encountered pitching the right wing up and the left wing down and engine quit (or sounded like it quit to witness). Pilot attempted to glide back to grass, he hit an embankment of a sand pit approximately 100 yards short of the strip. Altimeter is stuck at 260 feet. (.4) the ultralight was observed to enter an area of known low level turbulence on initial climbout, to experience a wing 'kick up', to enter a 180 degree steep turn and descend toward the departure strip, and then impact the terrain about 100 yards short of the runway. (.19) on may 12, 1998, about 1900 central daylight time, an unregistered two-place ultralight called an M2 sport 1000, owned and operated by individuals as a 14 CFR 91 personal flight, crashed during takeoff climb from a private grass strip near Semmes, Alabama. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. Two unrated occupants sustained fatal injuries, and the aircraft was destroyed. The flight originated at an unknow n time. The craft was being flown without an FAA waiver for two-occupant flight. Initial reports indicated that turbulence existed near the departure end of the strip, and the craft was observed to reverse course toward the departure point. The craft impacted a berm within a mud pit about 100 yards short of the grass strip.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT WITH OUT WAIVER FOR 2-PLACE ULTRALIGHT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED GRASS STRIP IN AN UNREGISTERED AIRCRAFT. TURBULANCE WAS ENCOUNTERED PITCHING THE RIGHT WING UP AND THE LEFT WING DOWN AND ENGINE QUIT (OR SOUNDED LIKE IT QUIT TO WITNESS). PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE BACK TO GRASS, HE HIT AN EMBANKMENT OF A SAND PIT APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS SHORT OF THE STRIP. ALTIMETER IS STUCK AT 260 FEET. (.4) THE ULTRALIGHT WAS OBSERVED TO ENTER AN AREA OF KNOWN LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE ON INITIAL CLIMBOUT, TO EXPERIENCE A WING 'KICK UP', TO ENTER A 180 DEGREE STEEP TURN AND DESCEND TOWARD THE DEPARTURE STRIP, AND THEN IMPACT THE TERRAIN ABOUT 100 YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. (.19) ON MAY 12, 1998, ABOUT 1900 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN UNREGISTERED TWO-PLACE ULTRALIGHT CALLED AN M2 SPORT 1000, OWNED AND OPERATED BY INDIVIDUALS AS A 14 CFR 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF CLIMB FROM A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP NEAR SEMMES, ALABAMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. TWO UNRATED OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT AN UNKNOW N TIME. THE CRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN WITHOUT AN FAA WAIVER FOR TWO-OCCUPANT FLIGHT. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATED THAT TURBULENCE EXISTED NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF THE STRIP, AND THE CRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO REVERSE COURSE TOWARD THE DEPARTURE POINT. THE CRAFT IMPACTED A BERM WITHIN A MUD PIT ABOUT 100 YARDS SHORT OF THE GRASS STRIP.