# Accident 20021119036209A: Amtr EXPRESS, Moncks Corner, SC, November 19, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2002, 16:55 local time
- Place: Moncks Corner, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2650° N, 80.0086° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2650&lon=-80.0086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N297JH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N297JH-2003-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Heiring John H EXPRESS (registry code 05604OH, https://openairdocs.org/model/heiring-john-h-express) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EXPRESS
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,342 total, 12 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021119036209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 19, 2002, ABOUT 1655 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A HOMEBUILT EXPRESS, N297JH, REGISTERED TO INDUSTRIES UNLIMITED, INC., CRASHED INTO LAKE MOULTRIE, NEAR MONCKS CORNER, SOUTH CAROLINA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 2 MINUTES EARLIER FROM BERKELEY COUNTY AIRPORT , MONCKS CORNER, SOUTH CAROLINA. ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) INFORMATION, THE FLIGHT DEPARTED AT 1613 FROM CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE/INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH THAT FACILITY UNTIL 1617 EST, WHENAN OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE ADVISED THE CONTROLLER THAT BERKELEY COUNTY AIRPORT WAS IN SIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE BERKELEY COUNTY AIRPORT, THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN PERFORMING FIVEOR SIX TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. AN OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE REPORTED OVER THE UNICOM FREQUENCY THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS THEN DEPARTING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR-IN-CHARGE (FAA-IIC), INTERVIEWED A WITNESS WHO WAS IN A BOAT ON LAKE MOULTRIE REPORTED OBSERVING N297JH FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE. THE WITNESS REPORTED TO THE FAA-IIC THAT HE HEARD SURGING FROM THE ENGINE, THEN HE DESCRIBED BY USING A PEN AS A REFERENCE TO N297JH, THAT IT CIRCLED 1.5 TO 2 TIMES WHILE IN A LEFT WING ATTITUDE. THE WITNESS THEN DESCRIBED SEEING THE N297JH IN A FLAT SPIN WHICH CONTINUED UNTIL JUST BEFORE IMPACT WHEN THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN AND N297JH IMPACTED THE WATER.

## 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 MIA03LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA019), Nov 19, 2002: John H. Heiring Express (N297JH), Moncks Corner, SC, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed following a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, resulting in an inadvertent stall and subsequent uncontrolled descent and in-flight collision with…

## Other reports on N297JH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020522014649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020522014649I), May 22, 2002: Amtr EXPRESS (N297JH), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. (-23) At or about 4:30 local time, the pilot attempted an approach to landing on runway 3 at the Charleston international airport (chs), SC. The approach was…

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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