# Accident 20030905030199A: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Pavilion, NY, September 5, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2003, 18:30 local time
- Place: Pavilion, NY
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8823° N, 78.0219° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pavilion, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8823&lon=-78.0219&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 5 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030905030199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2003, AT 18:30 LOCAL TIME, AN UNREGISTERED AND UNCERTIFICATED AMATEUR BUILT AVID FLYER AIRCRAFT, OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM A PRIVATE TURF AIRPORT LOCATED AT 7745 KENDALL ROAD IN PAVILION, NY. ACCORDING TO THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT, HE WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO HIS NEIGHBOR, A NON-PILOT AND OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH BELIEVED THE AIRCRAFT WAS AN ULTRALIGHT AND THAT THEY WERE OPERATING UNDER THE RULES OF 14 CFR PART 103. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER CLEARING THE TREELINE FOLLOWING TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY MADE AN UNCOMMANDED PITCH DOWN AND ROLL TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE UTILIZING THE INSTALLED SHOULDER HARNESS RESTRAINT SYSTEM. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THIS ACCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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