# Accident 20010818026479A: Amtr AVIDBANDIT, Northville, MI, August 18, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2001, 11:15 local time
- Place: Northville, MI
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4299° N, 83.4793° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4299&lon=-83.4793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62PT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62PT-2018-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waters Peter T AVID BANDIT (registry code 056044L, https://openairdocs.org/model/waters-peter-t-avid-bandit) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDBANDIT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA285) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010818026479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE ACFT TOOKOFF WITH APPROX 14 GALS OF FUEL (ESTIMATED 8 GALS ON THE LH AND 6 GALS ON THE RH WING TANKS). AFTER FLYING FOR APPROX 25 MIN, THE PILOT (PETER T. WALTERS), NOTICED UNEVEN FUEL QUANTITY GAUGES INDICATIONS (LH WING TANK FUEL SELECTOR WAS OFF AND THE PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF IT. ACFT DO NOT HAVE A CROSSFEED FUEL SELECTOR SYST) AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO METTETAL-CANTON (1D2) ARPT IMMEDIATELY. AT APPROX 5 1/2 MILES NORTH OF THE ARPT THE ENG QUIT FROM FUEL STARVATION FROM THE RH WING FUEL TANK. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS DONE WITH AN APPROX 90 DEGREE HEADING TO THE GRASS INFIELD OF THE HORSE RACING TRACK (NORTHVILLE DOWNS) IN NORTHVILLE, MI. ACFT HIT A WALL AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENG COMPARTMENT, FRONT OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE COCKPIT. ALSO THE LH WING AND FLAP/AILERON HAVE SOME DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO FUEL LEAK (ONLY ENG COOLANT). INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANKS SHOWS NO USEABLE FUEL ON THE RH WING AND APPROX 8 GALS ON THE LH ONE. (.19) ON AUGUST 18, 2001, AT 1115 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL AVID BANDIT, N62PT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED THE METTETAL-CANTON AIRPORT (1           D2), PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN, AT 1030 ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT RETURNING TO 1D2 WHEN IT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE TO A RACETRACK LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE HIT A CONCRETE BUILDING DURING LANDING ROLL. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CHI01LA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA285), Aug 18, 2001: Waters Avid  Bandit (N62PT), Northville, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: fuel starvation due to the pilot's improper fuel calculations. A factor was the concrete building.

## Other reports on N62PT (1)

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

- [Accident 20140311005599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140311005599A), Mar 11, 2014: Waters Peter T AVID BANDIT (N62PT), Washington, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft N62PT was on the approach to landing for runway 27 at afj when the accident occurred. The Avid Bandit aircraft was located approximately 100 yards…

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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