# Accident 20000903013949A: Namer SNJ5, Steamboat Spgs, CO, September 3, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Steamboat Spgs, CO
- Airport: Bob Adams Field Routt County
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4892° N, 106.8294° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4892&lon=-106.8294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N440JG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N440JG-2014-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-5 (registry code 6400418, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000903013949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC GUNNELS WAS FLYING AS THE RIGHT WINGMAN IN A THREE SHIP AT-6 FORMATION FLY-BY. THIS EVENT WAS CONDUCTED, FROM WITNESS OBSERVATIONS, BETWEEN 1700 AND 2500 FEET AGL-NO WAIVER REQUIRED. THIS FORMATION FLEW OVER THE HOLIDAY RODEO AT SBS, DURING A CLASSIC/ANTIQUE FLY-IN. THE FORMATION FLEW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH FROM THE RODEO GROUNDS. AFTER THE FORMATION PASSED OVER THE RODEO GROUND, TWO OF THE A/C MADE A LEFT TURN OUT. THE ACCIDENT A/C MADE A CLIMBING RIGHT TURN TOWARDS THE RISING TERRAIN. THE A/C WAS OBSERVED IN A RIGHT TURN, THEN ANABRUBT ROLL TO THE LEFT THROUGH THE INVERTED POSITION. THE A/C MADE TWO TURNS TO THE RIGHT WITH THE NOSE DOWN, FOLLOWED BY APPROX 6 MORE RIGHT SPINS IN A FLAT POSITION. THE A/C HIT THE GROUND WITH NO FORWARD MOVEMENT.

## 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 DEN00FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA164), Sep 3, 2000: North American SNJ-5 (N440JG), Steamboat Spg, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent entry into a spin while performing aerobatics.

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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