# Accident 19980920025499A: Amtr FI156C1, Irish Hills, MI, September 20, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1998, 10:20 local time
- Place: Irish Hills, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8905° N, 84.0400° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8905&lon=-84.0400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N447FC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N447FC-2012-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fieseler FI-156-C1 (registry code 05613LT, https://openairdocs.org/model/fieseler-fi-156-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR FI156C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA352) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980920025499A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LOST POWER DURING TAKEOFF AND CRASHED ON PENTACOST ROAD. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1998, AT 1020 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A FIESLER F-156C-1 STORCH, N447FC, PILOTED BY PRIVATE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A COLLISION WITH ELECTRICAL POWER LINES AND THE GROUND WHILE MANEUVERING DURING A FORCED LANDING APPROACH. THE PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER DURING THE AIRPLANE'S INITIAL CLIMBOUT FROM TAKEOFF. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OEPRATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM A RESTRICTED LANDING AREA NEAR ONSTED, MICHIGAN, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN.               (-23) ON TAKE OFF WHILE CLIMBING OUT THE ENGINE LOST POWER, UNABLE TO REGAIN POWER AND CLEAR POWER LINE WHICH STRUCK RIGHT WING TIP.  DESCENDED THROUGH TREE TOPS TO A LANDING ON THE ROAD.

## 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 CHI98LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA352), Sep 20, 1998: Fieseler Flugzeugbau F-156C-1 (N447FC), Irish Hills, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot selected to operate the airplane with a known deficiency. A factor in this accident was the vapor lock experienced by the engine's carburetor.

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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