# Accident 20000827008489A: Widner Jack Allen PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER, Andover, MN, August 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2000, 19:27 local time
- Place: Andover, MN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2499° N, 93.3305° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2499&lon=-93.3305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89JW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89JW-2000-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Widner Jack Allen PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER (registry code 7040392, https://openairdocs.org/model/widner-jack-allen-pietenpol-aircamper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA274) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000827008489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUG. 28, 2000, AT 1927 HOURS LOCAL TIME, A PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER (EXPERIMENTAL) A/C OWNED AND OPERATED BY CRAIG AMUNDSON, LOST POWER AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED HARD IN A MARSH FIELD IN ANDOVER, MN. THE POWER LOSS OCCURRED DURING CRUISE AT APPROX. 2000 FEET WHIULE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN ALEXANDRIA, MN WITH INTENDED DESTINATION OF ANOKA COUNTY AIRPORT IN ANOKA, MN. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE A/C WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A SINGLE ENGINE LAND, PRIVATE PILOT CERT.

## 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 CHI00LA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA274), Aug 28, 2000: Widner Pietenpol Aircamper (N89JW), Andover, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: The trees and the unsuitable terrain for landing encountered during the forced landing. Factors were the side slip to avoid the trees initiated by the pilot, the fractured piston, and the cracked…

## Other reports on N89JW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19861207070809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861207070809I), Dec 7, 1986: Amtrpl AIRCAMPER (N89JW), Marion, VA, Minor damage. Forced landing on road after knocking sound from engine. Cause undetermined.

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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