# Accident 20021011038029A: Amtr EARLYBIRDJNY, Scottsburg, IN, October 11, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Scottsburg, IN
- Airport: Scottsburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6567° N, 85.7900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6567&lon=-85.7900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1918N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1918N-2015-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Davis Christopher A EARLY BIRD JENNY (registry code 05607VJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/davis-christopher-a-early-bird-jenny) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EARLYBIRDJNY
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021011038029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ADVISED THAT AFTER DEPARTURE FROM SCOTTSBURG AIRPORT AND STARTING A CROSSWIND TURN, THE CONTROLS BECAME SLUGGISH AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. THE PILOT DID STATE HE SAW THE AIRSPEED DOWN TO 30 KTS. THE PILOT THEN TRIED RECOVERING FROM THE STALL BY PUTTING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. HE FURTHER STATED THAT AFTER SPEED BUILT UP HE PULLED BACK AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED INTO SCOTTSBURG LAKE.

## 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 CHI03LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA009), Oct 11, 2002: Davis Early Bird Jenny (N1918N), Scottsburg, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining aircraft control. Factors to the accident included the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin at a low altitude.

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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