# Accident 20030828023069A: Amtr FLYINGBOAT, Tracy, CA, August 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2003, 08:00 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Airport: Tracy Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6792° N, 121.2997° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6792&lon=-121.2997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1216Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1216Z-2004-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Petz Dave FLYING BOAT (registry code 056102R, https://openairdocs.org/model/petz-dave-flying-boat) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR FLYINGBOAT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA267) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030828023069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 28, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 MR. PETZ DEPARTED TRACY AIRPORT NORTH BOUND AND CLIMBED IN ALTITUDE TO APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED TO THE LEFT AND APPEARED TO BE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. ON THE BASE LEG OF HIS APPROACH HE APPEARED TO BE IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE. UPON ENTERING HIS BASE TO FINAL LEG THE AIRCRAFT BANKED LEFT TO APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES AND BEGAN TO LOSE ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN OPEN AIR GRAVEL PIT AND IMPACTED INTO THE WALL OF THE PIT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE. ONE FATALITY.

## 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 LAX03LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA267), Aug 28, 2003: Petz Flying Boat (N1216Z), Tracy, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The inadequate design of the engine exhaust system and inappropriate selection of propeller materials by the designer/builder, which resulted in separation of the propeller blades during…

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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