# Accident 20011110030939A: Amtr TBIRD, Sherburn, NM, November 10, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2001, 16:22 local time
- Place: Sherburn, NM
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6508° N, 94.7201° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6508&lon=-94.7201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3KV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3KV-2004-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vermeys Kenneth R T-BIRD II (registry code 0560429, https://openairdocs.org/model/vermeys-kenneth-r-t-bird-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TBIRD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011110030939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES STATED AIRCRAFT SPIRALED INTO THE GROUND. (.19) ON NOVEMBER 10, 2001, ABOUT 1622 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A VERMEYS T-BIRD II, N3KV, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN DURING AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT NEAR SHERBURN, MINNESOTA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR SHERBURN, MINNESOTA, AT TIME UNKNOWN. THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S REPORT STATED: [THE PILOT] HAD TO BE EXTRACTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. WITNESSES THAT WERE HUNTING IN THE AREA ADVISED THEY SAW THE AIRCRAFT GO DOWN. IT HAD STARTED TO FALL FROM APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET. I WAS ADVISED THE ENGINE HAD STALLED AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEGUN TO SPIRAL BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND. THE FIRST WITNESS ON THE SCENE ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE HAD BEEN RUNNING WHENHE ARRIVED. THE PARACHUTE ON THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DEPLOYED. IT APPEARS THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD HIT THE GROUND NOSE FIRST. THE FRONT TIRE WAS BENT AT ITS SUPPORTS. SOME OF THE FRAME FROM THE FRONT WAS EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND. TH                 E THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET BEHIND WHERE THE PART OF THE FRAME HAD BEEN IMBEDDED IN THE GROUND. AT 1615, THE JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEAR JACKSON, MINNESOTA, WEATHER WAS: WIND 360 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS; VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES; SKY CONDITION CLEAR; TEMPERATURE 11 DEGREES C; DEW POINT -3 DEGREES C; ALTIMETER 30.24 INCHES OF MERCURY.

## 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 CHI02LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA037), Nov 10, 2001: Vermeys T-Bird II (N3KV), Sherburn, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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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