# Accident 19990825042359A: Aimm AMT300, Block Island, RI, August 25, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1999, 17:49 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1681° N, 71.5778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLOCK ISLAND STATE (BID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1681&lon=-71.5778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111TE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111TE-2013-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeromot AMT-300 (registry code 0160002, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeromot-amt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIMM AMT300
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX914
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 412 total, 40 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990825042359A

## Narrative

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

T WAS D PILOT STATED THAT, DURING TAKEOFF, HE WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE ADDED THAT THE NORMAL TAKEOFF DISTANCE FOR THE POWERED GLIDER WAS 800 FEET.  HE DID NOT KNOW WHY THE 2,501 FOOT LONG RUNWAY WAS NOT SUFFICIENT, BUT ADDED THAT THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING FULL POWER.  HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER COULD NOT REMEMBER THE POSITION OF THE SPOILERS PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE BY A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR DID NOT REVEAL THE PRE-IMPACT POSITION OF THE SPOILERS.  THE INSPECTOR ADDED THAT A LARGE PORTION OF THE WRECKAGE WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.               (-23) PILOT STARTED TAKEOFF ROLL ON RWY 28 AND REPORTED THAT THE ROLL SEEMED A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL AND THAT THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY.  AIRCRAFT WAS ROTATED AND BEST RATE OF CLIMB ESTABLISHED AT 60 KTS. THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING AT LESS THAN 100 FEET PER MINUTE.  THE AIRCRAFT BRUSHED THE TOPS OF SOME TREES OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, CAUGHT THE RIGHT WING AND THEN CRASHED INVERTED IN SOME BAYBERRY BUSHES.  THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AND THE COCKPI T WAS DESTROYED BY POST IMPACT 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 NYC99LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA211), Aug 25, 1999: Aeromot AMT-300 (N111TE), Block Island, RI, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff

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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