# Accident 20000524042749A: Amtr CRIQUET, East Palestine, OH, May 24, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2000, 09:20 local time
- Place: East Palestine, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8300° N, 80.5398° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8300&lon=-80.5398&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22CA-2012-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Carlson Ernest W CARLSON CRIQUET (registry code 056069E, https://openairdocs.org/model/carlson-ernest-w-carlson-criquet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CRIQUET
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000524042749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) KEN SHAUMAN AND MYSELF INVESTIGATED THE FATAL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT. FROM WITNESS REPORTS AND SITE INVESTIGATION: THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH A FRESHLY OVERHAULED ENGINE. THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED FULL POWER AT TAKEOFF SINCE THE TAKEOFF POINT WAS 75% DOWN THE 3300 FT. SOD STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT NEVER CLIMBED ABOVE 30FT. TURNED TO AVOID A TREE LINE, STRUCK SOME TREES AND IMPACTED IN A BEAN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHORTLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES, KILLING THE SOLE OCCUPANT.

## 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 NYC00LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA141), May 24, 2000: Carlson Criquet (N22CA), East Palestine, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the powerplant to produce adequate power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's continued operation of the airplane with known deficiencies.

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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