# Accident 20050701016329A: Amtr COMPAIR7SLX, Winter Haven, FL, July 1, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2005, 09:12 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Winter Haven'S Gilbert Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0642° N, 81.7533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0642&lon=-81.7533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N657TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N657TT-2007-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: JSH Air LLC II COMP AIR 7SLX (registry code 05616OF, https://openairdocs.org/model/jsh-air-llc-ii-comp-air-7slx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter 601D (registry code 64005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-601d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COMPAIR7SLX
- Reported engine: WALTER M601D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,077 total, 36 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050701016329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THERE WERE SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES TO THIS ACCIDENT, AND THEY ALL REPORTED VERY SIMILAR STORIES. THE TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 4 AT GILBERT FIELD IN WINTER HAVEN, FL LOOKED NORMAL UNTIL THE AIRPLANE ENTERED THE CLIMB PHASE. ALL WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE APPEARED "EXTREME" AND EXCESSIVE." THE AIRSPEED OF THE AIRPLANE APPEARED SLOW, AND IT BEGAN A LEFT YAW. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 150 FEET AND 450 FEET (DEPENDING ON THE WITNESS), THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A SPIN AND ROTATED 1 1/2 TIMES. THE LEFT WING AND EMPENNAGE IMPACTED THE GROUND INITIALLY. THE LEFT WING, MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND A BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT SEPARATED FROM THE PLANE AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE FUSELAGE. SEVERAL SECONDS THEREAFTER, SUBSEQUENT TO A JET FUEL SPILL, THE REMAINDER OF THE AIRPLANE BURST INTO FLAMES. THIS DESTROYED THE FUSELAGE AND PROBABLY KILLED THE PILOT. THE AIRPLANE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON THE GRASS NORTH OF RUNWAY 4; THIS IS INDICATIVE OF THE AIRPLANE YAWING AND TURNING LEFT DURING THE CLIMBOUT.

## 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 MIA05LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA126), Jul 1, 2005: JSH Air LLC II Comp Air 7SLX (N657TT), Winter Haven, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The abrupt steep pitch-up during the initial climb for undetermined reasons resulting in an inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N657TT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040822025579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822025579I), Aug 22, 2004: Amtr COMPAIR7SLX (N657TT), Cocoa, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was doing solo touch & go's during an aircraft check out. On the last approach pilot stated that he was high and long and he still attempted to…

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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