# Incident 20001002030239I: Amtr SSD1, Sedalia, MO, October 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2000, 17:00 local time
- Place: Sedalia, MO
- Airport: Sedalia Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7074° N, 93.1759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEDALIA RGNL (DMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7074&lon=-93.1759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N921SS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Story Marvin SS-D1 (registry code 05618VH, https://openairdocs.org/model/story-marvin-ss-d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SSD1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 791 total, 250 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001002030239I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED THAT ON CLIMB OUT FROM SEDALIA, MO AIRPORT (DMO), HE EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, AND THE ENGINE QUIT. HE DID NOT ATTEMPT AN ENGINE RESTART BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE. HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT WAS UNHURT.  AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE IGITION WIRE FROM THE BATTERY TO SWITCH HAD SHORTED, CAUSING THE SMOKE, AND THE ENGINE STOPPAGE.  INCIDENT #CE2000IGA0002 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N921SS (1)

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

- [Incident 20101106051099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101106051099I), Nov 6, 2010: Story Marvi SS-D1 (N921SS), Newburg, PA, Minor damage. The homebuilt aircraft experienced a severe elevator flutter after departure and made an emergeny landing in a vacant corn field. The aircraft received minor…

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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