# Accident 20030930037509A: Amtr PITTSSPECS2, Union City, TN, September 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Union City, TN
- Airport: Everett Stewart Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3211° N, 89.1075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3211&lon=-89.1075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSSPECS2
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 52 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030930037509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FLYING IN LOCAL AREA AT APPROXIMATELY 2500 MSL PRACTICING STEEP TURNS WHEN ELEVATOR PUSHROD BROKE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND CRASHING.

## 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 ATL03LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA151), Sep 30, 2003: Sheppard S-2 (N39S), Obion, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the elevator control pushrod, that resulted in an uncontrolled descent and subsequent in-flight collision with ground.

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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