# Accident 20030902025659A: Amtr QUESTAIR20, Carefree, AZ, September 2, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2003, 05:50 local time
- Place: Carefree, AZ
- Airport: Sky Ranch At Carefree Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8181° N, 111.8978° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8181&lon=-111.8978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29G-2017-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bacon Roger D QUESTAIR #20 VENTURE (registry code 05616ZD, https://openairdocs.org/model/bacon-roger-d-questair-20-venture) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR QUESTAIR20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA275) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030902025659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2003, AT 0550 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL BACON QUESTAIR #20 VENTURE, N29G, STRUCK A WALL DURING A REJECTED LANDING AND WAS DESTROYED IN A POST-IMPACT FIRE AT THE SKY RANCH AT CAREFREE (18AZ), CAREFREE, ARIZONA. THE PILOT/OWNER AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT AIRPORT (ABQ), ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, AT 0302. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT CANCELLED THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN PRIOR TO REACHING 18AZ.

## 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 LAX03LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA275), Sep 2, 2003: Bacon Questair #20 Venture (N29G), Carefree, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of speed/distance and his failure to do a go-around. Also causal was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control, and his delay aborting the landing.

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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