# Accident 20030322004009A: Amtr ANTARES503, North Pole, AK, March 22, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2003, 15:15 local time
- Place: North Pole, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7527° N, 147.3627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Pole, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7527&lon=-147.3627&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93JS-2003-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schnurr Jack C ANTARES MA-32 (registry code 056136I, https://openairdocs.org/model/schnurr-jack-c-antares-ma-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ANTARES503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 13 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030322004009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) NO NTSB ACCIDENT NO, AS THIS IS AN ULTRA-LIGHT AIRCRAFT, AND THEY ELECTED NOT TO DO AN ACCIDENT REPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT STATED THE A/C VEERED LEFT ON TAKE-OFF, AT ABOUT 20 FEET, HE HAD DIFFICULTY TURNING BACK TO PROPER HEADING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER IT AGAIN VEERED LEFT AND NOSE DOWN, AND AGAIN HE HAD DIFFICULTY REGAINING LEVEL FLIGHT. ONCE STRAIGHT AND LEVEL HE TESTED LEFT & RIGHT CONTROL AND ALL SEEMED OKAY, HE SAID HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT TO CHECK THE A/C. WHILE ATTEMPTING THE RETURN THE A/C AGAIN MADE AN UNCOMMANDED LEFT TURN, THE NOSE AGAIN DROPPED, THIS TIME HE COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL BEFORE CRASHING INTO SMALL TREES WHICH TURNED THE A/C 180 DEGREES TO TRACK AND LANDED HARD IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. HE WAS NOT INJURED. HE SAID HE HAD FLOWN WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR ABOUT 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS DATE AND THE A/C FLEW FINE. HE SAID THERE WAS NO FROST ON THE A/C AND THE WIND IN THE AREA WAS VERY LIGHT. HE SAID HE HAD NO IDEA WHY CONTROL WAS LOST, ALL LOOKED OKAY AND THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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