# Accident 20040328005489A: Amtr RANSS12, Lowndsboro, AL, March 28, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2004, 12:11 local time
- Place: Lowndsboro, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2808° N, 86.6019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2808&lon=-86.6019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N910MB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N910MB-2007-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dantzer Lawrence L RANS S-12 AIRAILE (registry code 05618F1, https://openairdocs.org/model/dantzer-lawrence-l-rans-s-12-airaile) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04CA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040328005489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF FROM WEBUMPKS (09A) FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT. HE FLEW TO HIS RESIDENCE AT ONE THOUSAND FEET AND WHEN HE TURNED TO RETURN TO WETUMPKA A GUST OF WIND HIT HIS CRAFT AND HE WENT INTO A FLAT SPIN. HE TRIED TO RECOVER THE CRAFT BUT COULD NOT AND AT THREE HUNDRED (300) FEET TO FOUR HUNDRED (400) FEET HE DEPLOYED HIS BCS (BALLISTIC CHUTE SYSTEM). HIS SPEED WAS GREATLY REDUCED BEFORE HE CRASHED INTO 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 ATL04CA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA083), Mar 28, 2004: Dantzer Lawrence L Rans S-12 (N910MB), Lowndesboro, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while manuevering which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. A factor was trees.

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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