# Accident 20020516009919A: Amtr LANCAIRSUPES, Hattiesburg, MS, May 16, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2002, 16:14 local time
- Place: Hattiesburg, MS
- Airport: Bobby L Chain Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2525° N, 89.2550° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2525&lon=-89.2550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600MT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600MT-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taber Mark K SUPER ES (registry code 05609G0, https://openairdocs.org/model/taber-mark-k-super-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRSUPES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020516009919A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MAY 16, 2002, AT 1614 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A MARK K. TABER, LANCE AIR ES, N600MT, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PRIVATE PILOT, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE CHAIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT AND PILOT RATED PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POST-CRASH FIRE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE CHAIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, AT 1600. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE AS THE PILOT CONDUCTED TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. ON THE LAST TAKE-OFF, WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY HEARD A POPPING SOUND, AND THEY OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE IN A STEEP RIGHT TURN. THEN THEY HEARD A SERIES OF THREE RAPID POPS AND THE AIRPLANE WENT NOSE DOWN AND IMPACTED THE GROUND BEHIND TREES AND AN EXPLOSION WAS HEARD. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE FOUND IT COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POST-CRASH FIRE.                                                                                                        (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HBG AIRPORT DOING TOUCH AND GOES. WITNESSES HEARD LOUD POP AND AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN IN STEEP RIGHT TURN. THREE MORE POPS WERE HEARD AND THE AIRCRAFT TURNED NOSE DOWN AND CRASHED INTO TREES ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT EXPLODED ON IMPACT. AIRCRAFT AND OCCUPANTS BURNED ON CONTACT.

## 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 ATL02LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA100), May 16, 2002: Taber Lancair Super ES (N600MT), Hattiesburg, MS, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during takeoff which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with the ground.

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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