# Accident 20040316006309A: Amtr CHALLENGER2, Labelle, FL, March 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2004, 09:15 local time
- Place: Labelle, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7209° N, 81.4525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of LaBelle, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7209&lon=-81.4525&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CHALLENGER2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040316006309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 06, 2004, AT ABOUT 0915 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN UNREGISTERED QUAD CITY AIRCRAFT CORP. CHALLENGER II AIRCRAFT, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED IN LABELLE, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN LABELLE, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 0900. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING HIS ULTRALIGHT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT AND HE OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT ENTER ABOUT A 45-DEGREE DIVE FROM AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 500 FEET. FROM HIS POSITIONBEHIND THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT, HE SAW THE ATTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT CHANGE ABRUPTLY, AS IF TO RECOVER FROM THE DIVE AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. AS THE NOSE PITCHED UP, WITNESS STATED THAT HE SAW THE LEFT WING SEPARATE, AND THE AIRCRAFT SPIRALED DOWNWARD, IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE WITNESS ALSO SAID HE HAD OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT DURING ONE OTHER SUCH DIVE AND RECOVERY MANEUVER IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE MANEUVER DURING WHICH THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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