# Accident 20031228032969A: Amtr SA1025, Trenton, SC, December 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Trenton, SC
- Airport: Edgefield County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7353° N, 81.8183° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7353&lon=-81.8183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8117L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8117L-2005-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Atkinson CAVALIER SA 102.5 (registry code 0561358, https://openairdocs.org/model/atkinson-cavalier-sa-102-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SA1025
- Reported engine: LYC O290*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031228032969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT STALLED ON FINAL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT EDGEFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT, TRENTON, SC. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND, RUPTURING FUEL TANKS AND CATCHING ON FIRE. PILOT WAS PULLED FROM THE BURNING AIRCRAFT BY EYE WITNESSES, SUSTAINING SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVER 92% OF HIS BODY. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN POST CRASH FIRE. ONE SOUL ON BOARD, PILOT TERMINATED IN HOSPITAL ON JANUARY 4, 2004.

## 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 ATL04LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA064), Dec 28, 2003: Atkinson SA 102.5 (N8117L), Trenton, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall, and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.

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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