# Accident 20050814020029A: Amtr PUSHER, Redding, CA, August 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2005
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5208° N, 122.3208° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5208&lon=-122.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43PP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43PP-2008-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Prescott Aeronautical PUSHER (registry code 05613KS, https://openairdocs.org/model/prescott-aeronautical-pusher) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PUSHER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA270) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050814020029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PASSING THROUGH THE REDDING, CA AIRPORT TRAFFIC AREA THE PILOT NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE VIBRATION BECAME WORSE THEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PITCH UP AND DOWN. THE PILOT CALLED REDDING TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AT THIS TIME HE IS SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AT ABOUT 7,500FT. HE BECAME AWARE THE PROPELLER HAD LEFT THE AIRCRAFT AND BEGAN A BEST RATE OF DESCENT 180 TURN TO THE REDDING AIRPORT. DURING THE DESCENT HE REALIZED HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT, AND CRASHED INTO A FIELD ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS THE LONE OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT AND HE SUSTAINED A BACK INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN THE CRASH.

## 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 LAX05LA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA270), Aug 14, 2005: Prescott Aeronautical Pusher (N43PP), Redding, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the in-flight separation of the propeller 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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