# Accident 20030727018649A: Amtr EXPRES2000FT, Aberdeen, SD, July 27, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2003, 15:15 local time
- Place: Aberdeen, SD
- Airport: Aberdeen Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4489° N, 98.4186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4489&lon=-98.4186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N512EA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EXPRES2000FT
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030727018649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 27, 2003 AT 3:15 PM CDT A EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT OWNED BY EXPRESS AIRCRAFT COMPANY, LLC CRASHED DURING TAKE OFF FROM ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA. THE FAR 91 FLIGHT IN VMC CONDITIONS AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE AND THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ABERDEEN, SD ON JULY 27, 2003.

## 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 CHI03LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA227), Jul 27, 2003: Ullrich Auriga FT (N512EA), Aberdeen, SD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the lack of design fuel pressure for undetermined reasons.

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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