# Accident 20030827022449A: Amtr LC41550FG, Millcan, OR, August 27, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2003, 10:30 local time
- Place: Millcan, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8789° N, 120.9214° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8789&lon=-120.9214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N166PD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N166PD-2005-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lancair LC41-550FG (registry code 5150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/lancair-lc41-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LC41550FG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 175 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030827022449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO PIC, WHILE CONDUCTING SPIN FLIGHT TESTING AT 14000', ON THE PROTOTYPE LANCAIR COLUMBIA 400AIRCRAFT, THE PIC WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE THIRD SPIN. HE DEPLOYED THE AIRCRAFTS SPIN CHUTE AND THE AIRCRAFT RECOVERED FROM THE SPIN. PIC THEN ATTEMPTED TO RELEASE THE CHUTE, HOWEVER BOTH THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL RELEASES FAILED TO OPERATE. PIC ATTEMPTED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT WITH CHUTE DEPLOYED BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PIC OPENED DOOR, EXITED AIRPLANE, DEPLOYED PERSONAL CHUTE AT 6500'. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND AND WAS CONSUMED BY POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 SEA03LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA180), Aug 27, 2003: Lancair LC41 (N166PD), Bend, OR, destroyed. Probable cause: The inadequate design of the drogue chute mechanical jettison system, which resulted in its failure to separate from the aircraft during in-flight spin recovery tests, and the incorrectly wired…

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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