# Accident 19990320042609A: Amtr SPRINT1000, Lakewood, NJ, March 20, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lakewood, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0940° N, 74.2115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakewood, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0940&lon=-74.2115&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SPRINT1000
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990320042609A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE UNREGISTERED HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE, THEN BEGAN A LEFT TURN, WHICH EVOLVED INTO A CARTWHEEL PRIOR TO IMPACT. THE ENGINE'S NORMAL EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE RANGE WAS 930 DEGREES TO 1,150 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHILE THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 1,200 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.  THE PASSENGER REMEMBERED SEEING A DIGITAL READOUT, AS IT PASSED THROUGH THE NUMBER 1,168.  ENGINE TEARDOWN REVEALED SCUFFING ON THE MAGNETO PISTON, IN THE VICINITY OF THE EXHAUST PORT, ON THE UPPER HALF OF THE PISTON SKIRT.  WITHIN THE SCUFFING, CARBON DEPOSITS WERE OBSERVED.  SCUFFING AND CARBON FILL WERE ALSO FOUND AT THE 4 O'CLOCK AND 7 O'CLOCK POSITIONS, RELATIVE TO THE EXHAUST PORT, ALSO ON  THE UPPER HALF OF THE PISTON SKIRT.  THE PISTON RINGS AND CYLINDER WALLS EXHIBITED SCUFFING AS WELL, WHICH POSITIONALLY CORRESPONDED TO THE SCUFFING ON THE CYLINDER SKIRT.                             (-23)HOMEBUILT A/C (SPRINT1000) DEPARTED THE ULTRALIGHT FLIGHT CENTER IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP.  THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  IN THE SUBSEQUENT TURN BACK, A/C APPARENTLY STALLED HITTED THE GROUND.  PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND EXPIRES ON IMPACT.  THE PASSENGER IS  RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES. THE A/C WAS THOUGH TO BE AN ULTRALIGHT, BUT UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE A/C WAS AN UNREGISTERED AIRPLANE.  NO FURTHER ACTION WILL TAKE PLACE-PILOT DECEASED.

## 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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