# Accident 20050713015019A: Amtr JABIRUSK, Graniteville, SC, July 13, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2005, 09:30 local time
- Place: Graniteville, SC
- Airport: Twin Lakes Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5564° N, 81.7195° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5564&lon=-81.7195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30SP-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sport Plane Sales JABIRU SK (registry code 05602CU, https://openairdocs.org/model/sport-plane-sales-jabiru-sk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR JABIRUSK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050713015019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 13, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 09:30 EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT, SPORT PLANE SALES, JABIRU SK, N30SP, MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A HAY FIELD SOUTH OF THE TWIN LAKES AIRPORT, GRANITEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. A POST ACCIDENT FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT, PRIVATE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE FOR THIS LOCAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 24, TWIN LAKES AIRPORT, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE SLIGHTLY AND THEN ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. HE THEN SAID HE MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A LARGE HAY FIELD SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. HE CONTINUED BY SAYING THAT THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCH DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP WHERE HE EXITED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN DESTROYED BY POST ACCIDENT FIRE, WHICH ERUPTED WITHIN SECONDS. ENGINE EVALUATION REVEALED THAT NUMBERS 3 AND 4 CONNECTING RODS HAD SEIZED TO THE CRANKSHAFT. ENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM THE WRECKAGE AND SHIPPED TO NTSB FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.

## 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 ATL05CA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA130), Jul 13, 2005: Jabiru SK0007 (N30SP), Aiken, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N30SP (3)

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

- [Incident 19971018031379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971018031379I), Oct 18, 1997: Amtr JABIRUSK (N30SP), Page, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: on ferry flight from moriarty, NM to st. george ut the propeller separated from the airplane. The bolts that hold the hub to the crankshaft sheared.…
- [Incident 19970725027219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970725027219I), Jul 25, 1997: Amtr JABIRUSK (N30SP), Saint George, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: on Friday, July 25, 1997, an experimental a/c, manufactured by jabiru of australia, N30SP and piloted by its owner roger larsen was involved in an…
- [Incident 19960726020109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960726020109I), Jul 26, 1996: Amtr JABIRUSK (N30SP), Warm Springs, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft departed (mlj) milledgeville, GA enroute to (pim) pine mountain, GA. 4 miles north of Warm Springs, GA the engine began to cut out. This…

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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