# Accident 20030927026149A: Amtr STITSSA11A, Fontana, CA, September 27, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2003, 16:55 local time
- Place: Fontana, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1667° N, 117.4000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1667&lon=-117.4000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9YC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9YC-2004-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcclanahan STITS PLAYMATE SA-11 (registry code 8650906, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcclanahan-stits-playmate-sa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin SPORT-4B1SER (registry code 27013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-sport-4b1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR STITSSA11A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 288 total, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030927026149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) IT IS UNKNOWN TOTAL HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL. MR. DAVID LEE STITS, AND^PRIVACY DAT^DEPARTED FLABOB AIRPORT, RUBIDOUX CA. FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT AND RETURNING TO THE RIVERSIDE AIRPORT, RIVERSIDE CA. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED NEAR THE JUNCTION OF INTERSTATE 215 AND INTERSTATE 15 IN FONTANA, CA. A WITNESS AT THE GLEN HELEN PARK CAMPGROUND LOCATED SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 215 INTERSECTION ON INTERSTATE 15 STATED HE HEARD THE AIRCRAFT OVERHEAD WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT, THE ENGINE STARTED AGAIN THEN QUIT. HE LOST SIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AS IT PASSED OVER A HILL. ANOTHER WITNESS ON INTERSTATE 15 LOCATED ABOUT THREE (3) MILES SOUTH OF GLEN HELEN PARK CAMPGROUND STATED HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT SPIRALING DOWN AND CRASHED IN A DRY CREEK BED. THE POST-IMPACT FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT, AND MR. DAVID STITS AND ^PRIVACY DAT^ RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 LAX03LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA300), Sep 27, 2003: McClanahan Stits Playmate SA-11 (N9YC), Fontana, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: a loss of engine power due to oil starvation that was the result of misaligned main bearing halves that obstructed the oil galley passages. Since the history of the engine could not be reconstructed,…

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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