# Accident 20030426007179A: Amtr RANSS7, Baudette, MN, April 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2003, 11:20 local time
- Place: Baudette, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7283° N, 94.6122° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7283&lon=-94.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N272T-2013-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith Ken S RANS S-7 (registry code 05604IM, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-ken-s-rans-s-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 68 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030426007179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FORMER STUDENT PILOT FLYING VERY LOW OVER RELATIVES HOME, TREE TOP LEVEL, ENTERED VERY STEEP BANK TO THE LEFT AND APPEARS TO HAVE EXPERIENCED AN ACCELERATED STALL AND SUBSEQUENT GROUND IMPACT. PILOT DECEASED. BLOOD TOXICOLOGY INDICATED BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .09.

## 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 CHI03LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA117), Apr 26, 2003: Smith Rans S-7 (N272T), Baudette, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall. A contributing factor was the low altitude maneuver by the student pilot.

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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