# Accident 19980512047209A: Amtr M2SPORT1000, Semmes, AL, May 12, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1998, 19:00 local time
- Place: Semmes, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7978° N, 88.2497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Semmes, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7978&lon=-88.2497&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR M2SPORT1000
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX618
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980512047209A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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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