# Accident 20031106031209A: Amtr VELOCITY, Fargo, OK, November 6, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2003, 17:45 local time
- Place: Fargo, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3172° N, 99.5667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3172&lon=-99.5667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57V-2013-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Riley Richard VELOCITY (registry code 056162J, https://openairdocs.org/model/riley-richard-velocity) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITY
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031106031209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) OWNER/PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING STALLS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WENT INVERTED AND HE COULD NOT RECOVER. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THREE LARGE COTTONWOOD TREES INVERTED AND THEN SLID DOWN THROUGH THE TREES RESTING UPSIDE DOWN AT THE BASE OF THE TREES.

## 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 FTW04LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA019), Nov 6, 2003: Richard Riley Velocity (N57V), Fargo, OK, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft while practicing slow flight. A contributing factor was the low altitude selected by the pilot.

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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