# Accident 20000225040639A: Amtr Q2, Shelbyville, IN, February 25, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2000, 13:35 local time
- Place: Shelbyville, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5196° N, 85.7693° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5196&lon=-85.7693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84DG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84DG-2017-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ellis Keith Q2 (registry code 05645PC, https://openairdocs.org/model/ellis-keith-q2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Revmaster 2100 (registry code 52550, https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-2100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR Q2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000225040639A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON FEBRUARY 25, 2000, AT 1335 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), AN ELLIS Q2, N84DG, OWNED AND PILOTED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, WAS DESTROYED DURING AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING A GO-AROUND FROM RUNWAY 19 (5,000 FEET BY 100 FEET, DRY/ASPHALT) AT THE SHELBYVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SHELBYVILLED MUNICIPAL AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO A PILOT-RATED WITNESS, THE AIRPLANE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 19 WHEN THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A GO-AROUND. THE WITNESS DESCRIBED THE ENGINE OPERATION, DURING THE GO-AROUND, AS ROUGH AND NOT DEVELOPING FULL POWER. THE WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A DESCENDING LEFT TURN THEN STALLED APPROXIMATELY 100-FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL).

## 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 CHI00LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA082), Feb 25, 2000: Ellis Q2 (N84DG), Shelbyville, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: aircraft control not being maintained by the pilot during the attempted go-around. Factors to the accident were the inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. An additional…

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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