20050612033819A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr Hornet · Shelby, OH · June 12, 2005

Date
June 12, 2005 · 15:50 local
Place
Shelby, OH
Airport
Shelby Community Airport
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Amtr Hornet
Reported engine
HKSAVI HKS700E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total2 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot purchased the aircraft in fall 2004 and had it trucked in to Shelby, OH. The pilot privacy data omitted took the airplane up for its first flight on sat. 06/11/2005 and everything went smoothly. On Sunday 06/12/2005, the pilot privacy data omitted wanted to see how the aircraft would fly with 2 people. According to privacy data omitted (passenger), they took off from the runway and everything seemed normal when they started a right hand turn and the pilot privacy data omitted lost control of the airplane. The right wing struck the ground and the aircraft cartwheeled once landing nose first in a cornfield just off of the airport. The pilot privacy data omitted received fatal injuries and privacy data omitted received only minor injuries including a laceration on his right leg.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT IN FALL 2004 AND HAD IT TRUCKED IN TO SHELBY, OH. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK THE AIRPLANE UP FOR ITS FIRST FLIGHT ON SAT. 06/11/2005 AND EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY. ON SUNDAY 06/12/2005, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WANTED TO SEE HOW THE AIRCRAFT WOULD FLY WITH 2 PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PASSENGER), THEY TOOK OFF FROM THE RUNWAY AND EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL WHEN THEY STARTED A RIGHT HAND TURN AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED ONCE LANDING NOSE FIRST IN A CORNFIELD JUST OFF OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES INCLUDING A LACERATION ON HIS RIGHT LEG.