# Accident 20020505017569A: Amtr GP4, Mountpleasant, MI, May 5, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2002, 14:40 local time
- Place: Mountpleasant, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5967° N, 84.7760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Pleasant, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5967&lon=-84.7760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59JY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59JY-2005-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yoder Jackie D GP4 (registry code 05603C5, https://openairdocs.org/model/yoder-jackie-d-gp4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GP4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020505017569A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MAY 5, 2002, AT 1440 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A YODER GP-4, N59JY, WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES EAST OF MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. BOTH PRIVATE PILOTS WERE FATALLY INJURED. (-23) HOME BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT WITNESSES REPORTED ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT LOST POWER (QUIET WITH INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF NOISE) MOVING WEST BOUND LOW OVER TREES. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND ABOUT 1/4 MILE TO WEST ALONG ROAD. WRECKAGE INDICATES AIRCRAFT WAS IN SPIN WHEN IT HIT GROUND. BOTH OCCUPANTS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 CHI02LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA121), May 5, 2002: Yoder GP-4 (N59JY), Mount Pleasant, MI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The inadvertent stall/spin by the pilot-in-command.

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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