# Accident 20050612019069A: Amtr DRIFTERMU532, Gloucester, VA, June 12, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2005
- Place: Gloucester, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4138° N, 76.5255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gloucester, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4138&lon=-76.5255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9283V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9283V-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hall J Douglas MAXAIR DRIFTERMU532 (registry code 05601MH, https://openairdocs.org/model/hall-j-douglas-maxair-driftermu532) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRIFTERMU532
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050612019069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT LANDED INVERTED IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ON IMPACT. THE EMPENNAGE WAS SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AT THE TAIL BOOM POINT OF ATTACHMENT OF THE WING TRAILING EDGE CABLE ATTACHMENTS. WINGS WERE ATTACHED BUT CABLE SUPPORTS WERE SEPARATED AT FUSELAGE ATTACH POINTS. CORROSION WAS EVIDENT ON THE TAIL BOOM AREA AND NUMEROUS OTHER CRITICAL AREAS OF THIS AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN OPERATED IN A SALT-WATER ENVIRONMENT. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS STATEMENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO BE FLYING IN LEVEL FLIGHT WHEN THE TAIL STARTED TO WOBBLE AND THEN BREAK OFF. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT DISPLAY THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS. ACCORDING TO ORIGINAL CERTIFICATION FILE PHOTOGRAPHS THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE DISPLAYED AT CERTIFICATION. A MANUFACTURER'S DATA PLATE COULD NOT BE FOUND. ALSO SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE AND REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE COULD NOT BE LOCATED IN AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CERTIFICATED BY THE FAA AS AN AIRCRAFT REPAIRMAN FOR THIS AIRCRAFT ON 07/04/1996. THE VIRGINIA STATE DECAL LICENSE ON THE TAIL BOOM SHOWED THE REGISTRATION NUMBER N9283V IN SMALL HAND WRITTEN NUMBERS ON THE DECAL, NO OTHER IDENTIFICATIONINFORMATION WAS VISIBLE ON THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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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