# Accident 20020531013299A: Amtr ZMAX, Huntsville, AL, May 31, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2002, 12:43 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Moontown Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7472° N, 86.4517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7472&lon=-86.4517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1995Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1995Z-2005-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fitzgerald Frank TEAM Z MAX (registry code 05630AD, https://openairdocs.org/model/fitzgerald-frank-team-z-max) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Zenoah ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 72000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/zenoah-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ZMAX
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020531013299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER COMPLETION OF AT LEAST ONE TOUCH AND GO, THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED OUT TO THE EAST. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO STALL AND WAS RECOVERED, THEN IT APPEARED TO STALL AGAIN AND IMPACTED THE GROUND BEHIND THE TREE LINE IN A FIELD EAST OF MOONTOWN AIRPORT, 3M5.

## 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 ATL02LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA115), May 31, 2002: Frank Fitzgerald Team Z Max (N1995Z), Huntsville, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a take off climb resulting in a loss of control (inadvertent stall) and the subsequent in-flight collision with terrain. A factor was the lack of total…

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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