# Accident 20040506017559A: Amtr SKYRAIDER1, Blounts Creek, NC, May 6, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2004, 18:37 local time
- Place: Blounts Creek, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4611° N, 77.0008° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4611&lon=-77.0008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321TR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N321TR-2010-01-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Riggs Thomas W SKYRAIDER 1 (registry code 0561553, https://openairdocs.org/model/riggs-thomas-w-skyraider-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SKYRAIDER1
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 517 total, 3 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040506017559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 6, 2003 AIRCRAFT N321TR, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING IN THE LOCAL AREA OF BLOUNTS CREEK, NC WHEN AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS FROM THE OWNERS PRIVATE AIR FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO ONE WITNESS THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE TURNING LEFT ON A BASE LEG FOR A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHEN THE LEFT WING DEFLECTED DOWNWARD AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO THE GROUND NOSE FIRST. (-23 AMENDMENT) EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE ALONG WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT'S BROTHER REVEALED THAT THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD ATTACHED AN ADDITIONAL WEIGHTS OF 6 POUNDS FOR BALLAST TO THE HORIZONTAL STAB SUPPORT FITTINGS TO CORRECT A NOSE HEAVY CONDITION. ACCORDING TO THE DESIGNATED AIRWORTHINESS REPRESENTATIVE THAT CERTIFICATED THE AIRCRAFT, THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHTS WERE NOT INSTALLED AT THE TIME OF CERTIFICATION IN NOVEMBER 2003. PILOT HAD APPROXIMATELY 3.4 HOURS OF OPERATING TIME WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ATL04LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA111), May 6, 2004: Riggs Skyraider 1 (N321TR), Blounts Creek, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall. A factor was loss of engine power and water in the fuel.

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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