# Accident 20020308002389A: Amtr BREEZY, Pell City, AL, March 8, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2002, 17:28 local time
- Place: Pell City, AL
- Airport: St Clair County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5647° N, 86.2497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5647&lon=-86.2497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9167C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9167C-2002-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Moore Sammie K M-BREEZY (registry code 05611JH, https://openairdocs.org/model/moore-sammie-k-m-breezy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BREEZY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020308002389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AIRCRAFT MADE SEVERAL LOW ALTITUDE PASSES ALONG RUNWAY 20 WITH STEEP PULL UP/TURNING MANEUVERS TO REVERSE COURSE. PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WHILE MANEUVERING, RESULTING IN A STALL/SPIN AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED VERTICALLY, RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT. (.19) ON MARCH 8, 2002, AT 1730 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A MOORE SAMMIE, M-BREEZY,EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, N9167C, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER/OPERATOR, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AFTER TAKEOFF AT PELL CITY AIRPORT, ALABAMA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED PELL CITY, ALABAMA, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER, THE PILOT HAD PLANNED TO DO SOME LOCAL FLYING IN THE AREA. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE AIRPLANE WAS CLIMBING, WHEN IT PITCHED DOWN AND IMPACTED THE GROUND JUST OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE R                                       EVEALED, ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE PRESENT, AND THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY MECHANICAL OR FLIGHT CONTROL MALFUNCTION PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ATL02LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA061), Mar 8, 2002: Moore Sammie M-Breezy (N9167C), Pell City, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed, followed by an inadvertent stall spin, and subsequent collision with terrain.

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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