# Accident 20030803023499A: Amtr AIRCAMPER, Peru, IN, August 3, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2003, 13:32 local time
- Place: Peru, IN
- Airport: Robison Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7336° N, 86.1000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7336&lon=-86.1000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81171, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81171-2004-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Young Thomas J PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER (registry code 056066S, https://openairdocs.org/model/young-thomas-j-pietenpol-air-camper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AIRCAMPER
- Reported engine: CONT C858F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030803023499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES WHILE LANDING AT PRIVATE STRIP (IN33). PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. TOTAL TIME IN MAKE AND MODEL UNKNOWN.

## 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 CHI03LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA241), Aug 3, 2003: Young Pietenpol Air Camper (N81171), Peru, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from the trees during the landing. A factor was the trees he impacted.

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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