# Accident 20050430022789A: Amtr KOLBMK3, Clay Center, OH, April 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2005, 16:35 local time
- Place: Clay Center, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5731° N, 83.3641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clay Center, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5731&lon=-83.3641&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KOLBMK3
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 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/20050430022789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FAA/FSDO DID NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION ON THIS ACCIDENT. IT WAS NOTED BY A CLE FSDO INSPECTOR ON THE INTERNET, WHICH RESULTED IN THE INITIATION OF THIS INVESTIGATION. AIRCRAFT HAD ENGINE TROUBLE AFTER TAKE-OFF. PILOT TRIED TO MAKE IN FLIGHT CORRECTIONS TO SITUATION RATHER THAN LAND IMMEDIATELY, WHICH ATTRIBUTED TO CRASHING THE AIRCRAFT VERSUS A LANDING ATTEMPT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE TO RETURN TO THE LANDING STRIP. PILOT ALSO STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAS HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS IN THE PAST, BUT THAT IT ALWAYS CAME BACK. THIS AIRCRAFT IS NON-CERTIFICATED, NONREGISTERED, AND NOT MAINTAINED BY CERTIFICATED MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. SUSPECT FUEL MIXTURE MAY HAVE POSSIBLE PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION IN CARBURATION SYSTEM. FUEL MIXTURE IS OF A HIGH GRADE AUTO FUEL WITH 2-STROKE OIL AT A 50-1 RATIO. THERE ARE NO MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR THIS AIRCRAFT. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE AN ULTRALIGHT BY THE OHIO STATE PATROL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO NOT MEET THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS OF 14 CFR 103.1A, OPERATION BY A SINGLE OCCUPANT (TWO OCCUPANTS), C,1, WEIGHT LESS THAN 254 POUNDS (450LBS) AND C,2, NOT EXCEEDING 5 GALLONS OF FUEL, (10 GALLONS, TWO TANKS EACH).

## 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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