# Accident 20050428009759A: Amtr SKYRANGER, Bikeelia, FL, April 28, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2005, 19:00 local time
- Place: Bikeelia, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SKYRANGER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050428009759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2005 APPROX LOCAL TIME 1930 A SKY RANGER ULTRALIGHT CRASHED AT PINE ISLAND AIRPORT IN BOKEELIA, FL. THE TWO MEN ABOARD THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE PILOT WAS IDENTIFIED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PASSENGER AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^   THE INDIVIDUALS HAD COMPLETED A FUEL SYSTEM PURGE AND WERE CONDUCTING A FUNCTIONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE QUIT WHILE ON APPROACH. THE LOSS OF POWER CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET. THE VEHICLE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE, WITH EVIDENCE THAT IT HAD SPUN TO THE LEFT AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO IMPACT WITH THE EARTH.

## 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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