# Accident 20030516009109A: Amtr LANCAIRIV, Allendale, SC, May 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2003, 17:58 local time
- Place: Allendale, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0472° N, 81.3139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0472&lon=-81.3139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29ME-2004-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Opperman Christopher J M LANCAIR IV (registry code 05624JP, https://openairdocs.org/model/opperman-christopher-j-m-lancair-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIV
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030516009109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 16, 2003 AT 1758 EST AN OPPERMAN CHRISTOPHER LANCAIR IV-P, N29ME, HAD AN INFLIGHT BREAK-UP AT N33 02 38/W81 19 09 WHILE CRUISING AT 11,700 FEET MSL AND CRASHED AT N33 02 549 W81 19 753 IN AN ALLENDALE COUNTY WHEAT FIELD. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR 91 WITH AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED PORTLAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PORTLAND, IN (PLD) AT 1445 CDT ENROUTE TO BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT, BEAUFORT, SC (73J). A REVIEW OF THE NEXRAD RADAR WEATHER IMAGERY REVEALED THAT IN THE VICINITY OF N29ME'S FLIGHT PATH, TWO LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRESENT.

## 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 ATL03LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA094), May 16, 2003: Kerner Lancair IV (N29ME), Allendale, SC, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather ,thunderstorms, that resulted in the design limits of the airplane being exceeded.

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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