# Accident 20031215033029A: Amtr GLASAIRTD, Helix, OR, December 15, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2003, 22:55 local time
- Place: Helix, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5728° N, 122.0718° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5728&lon=-122.0718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434SW-2012-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Erickson Verdie B SHA GLASAIR TD (registry code 05655NA, https://openairdocs.org/model/erickson-verdie-b-sha-glasair-td) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRTD
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 11,600 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031215033029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N434SW HIT A DATA COLLECTION CONTROL TOWER DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED; TWO FATALITIES. TOWER WAS/IS LOCATED IN CLASS G AIRSPACE, PAINT MARKED ONLY (ALTERNATING RED AND WHITE SECTIONS, TWO EACH RED AND TWO EACH WHITE). TOWER NOT LIGHTED.

## 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 SEA04LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA027), Dec 15, 2003: Erickson SHA Glasair TD (N434SW), Vansycle, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance with the anemometer pole/wires during low altitude flight. Contributing factors were the pole and the pilot's low altitude flight.

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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