# Accident 20030816021549A: Holden PULSAR, Willmar, MN, August 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2003, 11:50 local time
- Place: Willmar, MN
- Airport: Willmar Municipal-John L Rice Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9925° N, 95.1625° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9925&lon=-95.1625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78DT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78DT-2012-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Holden James D PULSAR (registry code 05603KT, https://openairdocs.org/model/holden-james-d-pulsar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOLDEN PULSAR
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 262 total, 42 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030816021549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ASKED PIC TIMOTHY DALE DAVENPORT FOR A RIDE IN HIS AIRPLANE. AIRCRAFT N78DT (SPITFIRE, PULSAR-EXPERIMENTAL) DEPARTED WILMAR, MN (KILL) AT APPROXIMATELY 11:50 ON 08/16/03. IN SPEAKING WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PIC INFORMED HIS WIFE THAT THEY WOULD RETURN IN APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AND SHE WOULD NEED TO BE READY TO DEPART, BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO FLY LATER IN THE DAY DUE TO THE HOT WEATHER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMMUNICATED THAT ON THE TRIP UP FROM SISSETON, SD THE AIRCRAFT RAN BEAUTIFULLY, IT "PURRED LIKE A KITTEN". REPORTED WEATHER 17:00 UTC. @ KILL AUTO 03009 KT 10SM CLR 30/19 A3004. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND IN A CORNFIELD APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SW OF WILLMAR'S AIRPORT ON 08/17/03 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, NO FIRE. THE 2 FATALITIES WERE THE PIC AND THE PASSENGER.

## 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 CHI03LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA269), Aug 16, 2003: Holden Pulsar (N78DT), Willmar, MN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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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