# Accident 20020908024449A: Amtr SA1, Mead, CO, September 8, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2002, 10:30 local time
- Place: Mead, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2142° N, 104.9503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2142&lon=-104.9503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N551SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N551SA-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Adler Steven H SA-1 (registry code 05608WO, https://openairdocs.org/model/adler-steven-h-sa-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SA1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020908024449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT (BJC) AT 0815 MDT, WITH 1 POB, ON 09/08/02. EYEWITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATE THAT THE PILOT WAS EXPERIENCING MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WHILE IN THE VICINITY OF US HWY 66 AND WELD COUNTY ROAD 13. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A STEEP DESCENT AND CRASHED IN A FIELD NORTH OF US HWY 66. DURING THE DESCENT, A MAIN ROTOR BLADE WAS SHEARED NEAR THE ROOT, COMING TO REST 280 FEET NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE POINT OF IMPACT. THE WRECKAGE BURNED AFTER IMPACT, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT BEING DESTROYED. THE PILOT 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 DEN02LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA103), Sep 8, 2002: Adler SA-1 (N551SA), Mead, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain main rotor rpm, resulting in blade flapping, subsequent blade contact with the airframe, and loss of control.

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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