# Accident 20050205003509A: Amtr PITTSSPECIAL, Collidge, AZ, February 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2005, 16:59 local time
- Place: Collidge, AZ
- Airport: Collidge Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9358° N, 111.4264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9358&lon=-111.4264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N109WM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSSPECIAL
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050205003509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DAMAGE CONSISTED OF FUSELAGE, LOWER RIGHT WING, MAIN LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER. PILOT STATED HE WAS DOWNWIND FOR DEPARTURE FROM COOLIDGE AIRPORT (P08). THE NEXT THING THE PILOT REMEMBERS IS HITTING THE AIRCRAFT PARKING RAMP AT COOLIDGE AIRPORT. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED HE HAS BEEN IN CHEMOTHERAPY FOR CANCER AND IS TAKING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG AS A FOLLOW ON TREATMENT. NO ADDITIONAL CAUSAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.

## 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 LAX05LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA086), Feb 6, 2005: Austin Pitts Special (N109WM), Coolidge, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate altitude from the airport surface when performing an intentional low altitude flyby maneuver.

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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