# Accident 20050524024509A: Amtr SEAREY, South Beloit, IL, May 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: South Beloit, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4919° N, 88.9675° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4919&lon=-88.9675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60667, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60667-2011-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hurley Andy SEAREY (registry code 05610JW, https://openairdocs.org/model/hurley-andy-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAREY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050524024509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) IT APPEARED AS THOUGH THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND DOVE INTO THE GROUND FROM A LOW ALTITUDE, STRIKING THE LEFT SPONSON AND WING TIP FIRST. BECAUSE OF THE SOFT FIELD CONDITIONS, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DUG IN, FLIPPED OVER, AND DISINTEGRATED AROUND THE PILOT. THE PILOT EXTRICATED HIMSELF FROM THE AIRCRAFT, SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE WITNESSES, THEN EXPIRED.

## 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 CHI05LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA125), May 24, 2005: Hurley Searey (N60667), South Beloit, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: In-flight collision with the ground for undetermined reasons.

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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