# Incident 20050212003969I: Amtr FIRESTAR, Lantana, FL, February 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2005
- Place: Lantana, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5834° N, 80.0554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lantana, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5834&lon=-80.0554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8031K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8031K-2005-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Johnston Richard B KOLB FIRESTAR (registry code 05617G1, https://openairdocs.org/model/johnston-richard-b-kolb-firestar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR FIRESTAR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050212003969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE SAID HE DESCENDED TO ABOUT 50 FEET ABOVE THE WATER AS HE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED RIGHT AND CONTINUED IN THAT DIRECTION UNTIL IT LANDED INTO THE WATER.

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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