# Accident 19990713008909A: Amtr SEAHAWKER, Princeton, MN, July 13, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1999, 12:03 local time
- Place: Princeton, MN
- Airport: Princeton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5705° N, 93.5892° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5705&lon=-93.5892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N188AK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N188AK-2000-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grimm Adrian K SEA HAWKER (registry code 05605YK, https://openairdocs.org/model/grimm-adrian-k-sea-hawker) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAHAWKER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA234) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990713008909A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED ON DEPARTURE FROM PRINCETON AIRPORT AND BURNED ON IMPACT. (.19) ON JULY 13, 1999, AT 1203 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AMATEUR-BUILT GRIMM SEA HAWKER, N188AK, PILOTED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN, DURING LANDING, NEAR THE PRINCETON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PNM), PRINCETON, MN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT FOR AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SOUNDED LABORED DURING INITIAL CLIMB OUT FOLLOWING A TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 15, AND APPEARED TO BE RETURNING FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 15. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, IN A VACANT LOT, APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES NORTH OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 15 (3900 FEET BY 75 FEET, DRY ASPHALT) AT PNM.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (-23)AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM RWY 15. WITNESS SAID THE ENGINE SOUNDED VERY LABORED AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS WOBBLING. AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. ON A HEADING OF APPROX. 290 AIRCRAFT HIT TREES WHICH SEPARATED THE UPPER AND LOWER LEFT WING ASSEMBLIES. A/C CONTINUED ON APPROX. 30 YARDS WHERE IT HIT THE GROUND AND WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. PILOT AIRLIFTED FROM SCENE WITH SERIOUS UPPER BODY BURNS. THIS DATA WILL BE AMENDED AS ADDITIONAL RESULTS ARE OBTAINED. CORRECTIVE ACTION TO BE DETERMINED UPON PILOT RECOVERING FROM INJURIES.

## 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 CHI99LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA234), Jul 13, 1999: Grimm SEA Hawker (N188AK), Princeton, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: The erratic aileron control response for undetermined reasons. A factor was the tree.

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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