# Accident 19990706008329A: Amtr COOTA, Arlington, WA, July 6, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1999, 09:30 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1804° N, 121.6702° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1804&lon=-121.6702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700HT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700HT-2000-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tomlinson Harry COOT A (registry code 05624WQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/tomlinson-harry-coot-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COOTA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990706008329A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED ON TAKE-OFF, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 34 AT ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. A WITNESSSTATED THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE GAINING ALTITUDE VERY SLOWLY, AND WAS ONLY AT 100' AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. WITHIN A MILE OF THE RUNWAY, IT APPEARED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOSE ALTITUDE. IT THEN COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES AT APPROX. 50 FEET AGL. A POST CRASH FIRE ENSUED.

## 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 SEA99FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99FA104), Jul 6, 1999: Harry Tomlinson Coot A (N700HT), Arlington, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain adequate clearance from power transmission lines.

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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