# Accident 20010723018769A: Amtr MCILRAITH, La Crosse, WI, July 23, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 23, 2001, 09:23 local time - Place: La Crosse, WI - Airport: La Crosse Municipal - Damage: No damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 43.8191° N, 91.2298° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8191&lon=-91.2298&mi=10 - Aircraft: N216ST, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216ST-2003-12-31) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mcilraith S/Mcilraith T MCILRAITH (registry code 0560727, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcilraith-s-mcilraith-t-mcilraith) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AMTR MCILRAITH - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA227) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010723018769A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON JULY 23, 2001, AT 0923 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A MCILRAITH SEAREY AMPHIBIAN, N216ST, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AT THE LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE TEST FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS NOT ON AN ACTIVE FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT 0850 FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HAD INSTALLED A NEW PROPELLER ON THE AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT AND WAS FLYING TO SATISFY A FIVE-HOUR TEST FLIGHT REQUIREMENT AS DIRECTED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) OPERATING LIMITATIONS PLACED ON THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31 (5,300 FEET BY 150 FEET, DRY/ASPHALT) HE DECIDED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND AND DURING THE GO-AROUND ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN. ACCORDING TO FAA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, STATIONED AT THE LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE WEATHER C ONDITIONS DRAMATICALLY CHANGED BETWEEN THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE'S DEPARTURE AND THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE LOCAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ATTEMPTED TO RELAY THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE PILOT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE, BUT WERE UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PILOT. THE PILOT, UPON HIS RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AREA, ESTABLISHED RADIO CONTACT AND REQUESTED TO MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING. (-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON APPROACH IN GUSTY WINDS DURING AN APPROACHING TSW STORM. ## 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 CHI01LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA227), Jul 23, 2001: McIlraith Searey Amphibian (N216ST), La Crosse, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and turbulence which resulted in the encountered stall. Factors to the accident were turbulence and the high wind condition. ## Other reports on N216ST (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20030705021229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030705021229A), Jul 5, 2003: Amtr MCILRAITH (N216ST), Toma, WI, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On July 05, 2003, I arrived at the aircraft accident scene where N216ST, a mcilrath sea ray, serial #1MK216, had crashed next to county road t… - [Incident 20000506016759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000506016759I), May 6, 2000: Amtr MCILRAITH (N216ST), Groveland, FL, Minor damage. (-23)During touch and go at lake cherry, the aircraft bounced and landed with the nose low. Resulting in water filling the hull. [privacy data omitted] 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.