# Accident 19990814011989A: Amtr ACROSPORTII, Dundee, WI, August 14, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 14, 1999, 18:30 local time - Place: Dundee, WI - Airport: Kettle Moraine Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 43.5896° N, 88.2795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5896&lon=-88.2795&mi=10 - Aircraft: N42J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42J-1999-10-13) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Johannes-Robert ACROSPORT RJ-2 (registry code 0564681, https://openairdocs.org/model/johannes-robert-acrosport-rj-2) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AMTR ACROSPORTII - Reported engine: LYC O320* - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Pilot flight hours: 500 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA296) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990814011989A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACFT CRASHED OFF THE END OF THE KETTLE MORAINE LANDING STRIP AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19) ON AUGUST 14, 1999, AT 1830 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A JOHANNES-ROBERT ACROSPORT RJ-2, N42J, OPERATED AND PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN AND CAUGHT ON FIRE 1/4 MILE NORTH OF THE NORTHEAST BOUND RUNWAY AT KETTLE MORAINE AIRPORT NEAR CAMPBELLSPORT, WISCONSIN. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE FLIGHT'S DESTINATION WAS WEST BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WEST BEND, WISCONSIN. THE AIRPLANE'S PROPELLER INITIALLY IMPACTED TERRAIN AT LATITUDE 43 DEGREES 40.21'N AND LONGITUDE 088 DEGREES 11.45'W. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST 3 FEET WEST OF THAT POINT ON A 105-DEGREE HEADING. THE PROPELLER HAD CORDWISE SCRATCHING ON ITS SURFACE AND NICKS ON ITS LEADING EDGE. THE FUSELAGE, TAIL SECTION, AND WINGS WERE FOUND BURNED. CROPS WERE BURNED IN A 15-FOOT HALF CIRCLE NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE FUSELA GE. IN HIS STATEMENT, A WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS TAKING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND THAT THE "ENGINE SOUND INDICATED NORMAL TAKE-OFF POWER". HE SAID THAT THE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP AT A POINT PAST THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE SAID THAT THE AIRPLANE'S PITCH WENT TO "VERTICAL", THE AIRPLANE'S SPEED DISSIPATED, AND THAT THE AIRPLANE PITCHED DOWN. HE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TURNED APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREES, WENT BEHIND TREES, AND THAT A "THUD" WAS HEARD. AT 1838, WEST BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WEST BEND, WISCONSIN OBSERVATION WAS: WIND 110 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS; VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES; SKY CONDITION CLEAR; TEMPERATURE 19 DEGREES C; DEW POINT 14 DEGREES C; ALTIMETER 30.11 INCHES OF MERCURY. AN ON SCENE INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THERE WAS CONTINUITY OF ALL CONTROL SURFACES AND THAT THERE WAS ENGINE CONTINUITY. AN AUTOPSY WAS CONDUCTED AND TOXICOLOGICAL SAMPLES TAKEN FOR EVALUATION. (-23)AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A HIGH SPEED PASS AND ENTERED A STEEP CLIMB AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AT THE TOP OF THE CLIMB THE ARICRAFT STALLED AND ENTERED A SPIN. THE SPIN WAS ARRESTED AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN BE GAN A DIVE AT WHICH POINT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO RECOVER AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE EARTH AND WAS DESTROYED BY THE SUBSEQUENT FIRE. ## 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 CHI99FA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA296), Aug 14, 1999: Johannes-Robert Acrosport RJ-2 (N42J), Campbellsport, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of control during initial climb for undetermined reasons. ## Other reports on N42J (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19920530027249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920530027249I), May 30, 1992: Amtrea ACROSPORT (N42J), Milwaukee, WI, Minor damage. Aircraft cartwheeled during a taxi test. Pilot stated he was not intending to fly aircraft. 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. 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