# Accident 20041204032889A: Amtr TBIRD, Fort Dodge, IA, December 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2004, 08:38 local time
- Place: Fort Dodge, IA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5099° N, 94.1757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Dodge, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5099&lon=-94.1757&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TBIRD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 10 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041204032889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OF UNREGISTERED AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HIS PRIVATE FIELD AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER AT ABOUT 70 FEET OF ALTITUDE. IN ATTEMPTING TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD AND SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE AND THE PILOT DAMAGED SEVERAL VERTEBRAE. THE TWO PLACE UNREGISTERED AIRCRAFT HAD A TEN GALLON FUEL TANK, THE PILOT HAD NO EXEMPTION TO GIVE FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PLACARDED FOR "FLIGHT INSTRUCTION ONLY." THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL AT THE TIME THE ENGINE QUIT AND A CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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