# Accident 20020825028449A: Amtr GENESIS, Petersburg, WV, August 25, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Petersburg, WV
- Airport: Grant County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9942° N, 79.1442° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9942&lon=-79.1442&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51XT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51XT-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Puhl M E/Jensen B GENESIS (registry code 05604YO, https://openairdocs.org/model/puhl-m-e-jensen-b-genesis) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GENESIS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD02LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020825028449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSPECTED AIRCRAFT LOCATED IN A CORNFIELD APPROXIMATELY 500'FT SW OF THE RUNWAY AT PETERSBURG WV. (W99) AIRPORT. AN EYE WITNESS STATES THAT SHE HEARD THE AIRCRAFT FLYING UP THE VALLEY AND THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING THEN WOULD STOP THEN WOULD START AGAIN. THE INTERMITTENT RUNNING OF THE ENGINE CONTINUED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER HER PROPERTY AND THEN QUIT FOR GOOD. SHE WATCHED THE AIRCRAFT JUST CLEAR THE WIRES BEYOND THE HOUSE THEN THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE CORNFIELD. SHE CALLED TO HER MALE FRIEND WHO DID NOT BELIEVE THAT AN AIRPLANE WENT DOWN. HE THEN RAN TO A BERM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CORNFIELD AND COULD SEE THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT STICKING UP IN THE AIR. HE RAN TO THE AIRCRAFT WHILE HIS FEMALE FRIEND CALLED 911. WHEN HE GOT TO THE AIRPLANE HE REALIZED THAT THE PILOT WAS DEAD. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWS THAT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND WITH THE RIGHT WING AND NOSE. THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. I OBSERVED THAT THE FUEL TANK ON TOP OF THE WING WAS SPLIT OPEN BUT THERE WAS NO FUEL SMELL. BRIAN NUZUM OF THE DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST ON THE SCENE AND HE DID NOT SMELL ANY FUEL. THERE WAS A 10 GAL. TANK IN THEBAGGAGE AREA THAT HAD A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL IN IT. THE FUEL THAT WAS LOCATED IN THIS TANK WAS THE COLOR OF AVIATION FUEL (BLUE). THE 3 BLADED PROP DID NOT HAVE DAMAGE EXCEPT TO ONE OF THE BLADES, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IMPACT DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT FOLDED UP AROUND THE ENGINE. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT PRODUCING ANY POWER AT TIME OF IMPACT. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM MANSFIELD, OHIO TO LOUSIA/FREEMAN (LKU) AIRPORT.

## 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 IAD02LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA089), Aug 25, 2002: Puhl Genesis (N51XT), Petersburg, WV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed after a loss of engine power, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. Factors included the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in fuel…

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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