# Accident 20040605016949A: Amtr ACROSPORTII, Beloit, WI, June 5, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2004, 15:35 local time
- Place: Beloit, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4978° N, 88.9678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4978&lon=-88.9678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N796DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N796DM-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Merkel Dick ACRO SPORT II (registry code 05603QG, https://openairdocs.org/model/merkel-dick-acro-sport-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ACROSPORTII
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 153 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040605016949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 5TH, 2004 AT 1615 CDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL, AMATEUR BUILT, ACRO SPORT II REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY RICHARD E. MERKEL LOST POWER IN CRUISE FLIGHT AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING FIVE MILES WEST OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LOWER WINGS AND DISTORTION OF THE ATTACHMENT OF THE LEFT UPPER WING TO THE CENTER SECTION. VFR CONDITIONS EXISTED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE OWNER'S PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR PECATONICA, IL ON JUNE 5TH, 2004 WITH STOPS AT FREEPORT, IL AND MONROE, WI DEPARTING MONROE AT APPROXIMATELY 1510 CDT. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## 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 CHI04CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA138), Jun 5, 2004: Merkel Acro Sport II (N796DM), Beloit, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inaccurate fuel consumption calculations which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot's continued flight with an inoperable fuel quantity indicator and the…

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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