# Accident 20040901023299A: Amtr CASSUTT3M, Houston, TX, September 1, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2004, 19:10 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Clover Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5211° N, 95.2419° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5211&lon=-95.2419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3TW-2007-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wood CASSUTT III-M (registry code 1970319, https://openairdocs.org/model/wood-cassutt-iii-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CASSUTT3M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 241 total, 5 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040901023299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/01/2004, AT 1710 CST A CASSUTT III M (N3TW) CRASHED 1/4 MILE SE OF KLVJ PEARLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY MICHAEL GERALD BERNARD, WHO SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED KLVJ AT 1835CST AND THE PILOT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY A WITNESS WHO STATED THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED RAPIDLY WITH THE NOSE DOWN AND ROTATING ABOUT THE ROLL AXIS UNTIL IT STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OBSERVED BY 2 WITNESSES MAKING STEEP TURNS 60 TO 80 DEGREES OF BANK IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AT A 70 TO 80 DEGREE ANGLE NOSE DOWN.

## 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 FTW04LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA226), Sep 2, 2004: Cassutt Iiim (N3TW), Pearland, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed sufficient for flight resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin while turning from the base leg of the traffic pattern to final. A contributing factor was 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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