# Accident 20030823023229A: Amtr SNS7, Marion, OH, August 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Marion, OH
- Airport: Marion Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6194° N, 83.0533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6194&lon=-83.0533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N258HB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SNS7
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,096 total, 34 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03CA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03CA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030823023229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS TAKING OFF AND DURING THE CLIMB IT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PERFORMED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. SINCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL THAT WAS CERTIFIED BY THE ALLEGHENY FSDO, IN WEST MIFFLIN, PA., A REQUEST WAS SENT TO THEM TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT FOR A CAUSE TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 NYC03CA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03CA182), Aug 23, 2003: Kucklick Hiperbipe (N258HB), Marion, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to install an inadequate air filter, which subsequently failed and resulted in a power loss.

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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