# Accident 20021127033899A: Amtr TEAM1400Z, Woodland, CA, November 27, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2002, 10:15 local time
- Place: Woodland, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6181° N, 121.8508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6181&lon=-121.8508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9190U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9190U-2003-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Carrier Clyde K TEAM 1400Z (registry code 05611RK, https://openairdocs.org/model/carrier-clyde-k-team-1400z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TEAM1400Z
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021127033899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 27, 2002, N9190U, TEAM 1400Z, AN AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT BUILT BY CLYDE K CARRIER CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A OPEN AGRICULTURAL FIELD NEAR THE TOWN OF WOODLAND, CA. THE PILOT CLYDE K. CARRIER REPORTED HE LOST POWER AND ELECTED TO MAKE A EMERGENCY LANDING INTO THE FIELD. PILOT REPORTED AS HE WAS REDUCING THE EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED CLOSE TO THE GROUND HE NOTICED A WIDE AND DEEP IRRIGATION DITCH IN HIS PATH. HE STATED HE TRIED TO STALL THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE HE REACHED THE DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND SHORT OF THE DITCH AND ROLLED INVERTED. THE PILOT RECEIVED MAJOR INJURIES TO BOTH LEGS. PILOT RECORDS INDICATED HE DID NOT HAVE AN SOLO ENDORSEMENT ON HIS STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE AND HAD ONLY 8.8 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION BY A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. HIS PILOT LOGBOOK SHOWN HE HAD RECEIVED OVER 30 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION IN ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT BY A ULTRALIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

## 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 LAX03LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA041), Nov 27, 2002: Clyde K Carrier Team 1400Z (N9190U), Woodland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the builder/pilot's improper modification of wing fuel caps resulting in the failure of the vent system to adequately compensate for the pressure differential between the fuel tank and the external…

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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