# Accident 20030824022569A: Amtr L39ZO, Forest Hill, MD, August 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2003, 11:20 local time
- Place: Forest Hill, MD
- Airport: Forest Hill Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5850° N, 76.3914° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5850&lon=-76.3914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N298RD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N298RD-2005-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L-39ZO (registry code 05623NM, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l-39zo) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR L39ZO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 65 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030824022569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS DOING A FLY-BY AT THE FOREST HILL AIRPORT (MD31). AFTER PASSING THE AIRPORT THE PILOT PULLED THE AIRCRAFT UP AND IT WAS OBSERVED BY SOME WITNESSES TO SHUDDER OR SHAKE AND THE NOSE CAME DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT JUST CLEARED A SHOPPING AREA. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE ROOF OF A HOUSE ACROSS FROM A SHOPPING AREA TAKING OFF PART OF THE ROOF, THEN STRUCK A TREE AND THE GROUND AND BURST INTO FLAMES. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THIS ACCIDENT. IT APPEARS THAT THE AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE STALLED AND THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 NYC03FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA180), Aug 24, 2003: Aero Vodochody L-39ZO (N298RD), Forest Hill, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's in-flight decision to delay application of engine power to account for the engine's slow response to throttle input, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with a…

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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