# Accident 20031024037449A: Amtr Z37A, Oak Hill, FL, October 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2003, 18:24 local time
- Place: Oak Hill, FL
- Airport: Blue Ridge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8569° N, 80.9069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8569&lon=-80.9069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N137MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N137MS-2007-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let N P Kinovice Z37A (registry code 056106B, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-n-p-kinovice-z37a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR Z37A
- Reported engine: AMTR M462RF
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031024037449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER MAKING A LOW PASS OVER RUNWAY 18 AT BLUERIDGE AIRPORT, LOCATED NEAR OAK HILL, FLORIDA, THE PILOT OF LET, N137MS, RE-ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18. WHEN THE PILOT TURNED LEFT BASE, HE DETERMINED THAT HE WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND ELECTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN TO A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 330 DEGREES IN ORDER TO DEPART THE PATTERN AND RE-ENTER ON A RIGHT BASE TO RUNWAY 18. WHILE ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 330 DEGREES AND AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND SPUN TO THE RIGHT. DURING THE UNCONTROLLED DESCENT, THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED APPROXIMATELY 240 DEGREES BEFORE STRIKING BRANCHES OF A LARGE OAK TREE, AND THEN IMPACTING THE GROUND, NOSE FIRST, ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 210 DEGREES. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, AND HIS PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 MIA04LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA011), Oct 24, 2003: Let NP Kinovice Z37A (N137MS), Oak Hill, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering to re-enter the pattern resulting in an inadvertent stall and impact with trees and the ground during the subsequent uncontrolled descent.

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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