# Accident 20040515012919A: Amtr LANCAIRIVP, Supai, AZ, May 15, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2004, 17:00 local time
- Place: Supai, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1847° N, 113.0439° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1847&lon=-113.0439&mi=10
- Aircraft: N299SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N299SD-2017-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bachman S LANCAIR IV P (registry code 05606Z2, https://openairdocs.org/model/bachman-s-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIVP
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 200 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040515012919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE NORTH LAS VEGAS, AIRPORT ON MAY 15, 2004 FOR A LOCAL SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AFTER IMPACTING TERRAIN AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED COORDINATES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONNEL FLIGHT. THE PILOT CONTACTED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND REQUESTED FLIGHT FOLLOWING. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS REPORTED LOSING RADAR CONTACT WITH THE AIRPLANE AT 16,500 FEET MSL AT 1658. NO DISTRESS CALLS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE PILOT. WITNESSES LOCATED WITHIN THE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK TOLD PARK RANGERS THEY OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE DESCENDING AT A NOSE-LOW PITCH ATTITUDE, AND "SPINNING OR MOVING IN SOME STRANGE WAY" BEFORE IMPACTING TERRAIN AND CATCHING FIRE. ACCORDING TO ONE WITNESS, HE HEARD THE ENGINE "GEAR UP THEN SLOW DOWN REPEATEDLY."

## 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 LAX04LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA213), May 16, 2004: Bachman Lancair IV-P (N299SD), Supai, AZ, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the loss of aircraft control while in cruise flight for undetermined reasons.

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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