# Accident 20050905021369A: Amtr CHALLENGERII, Jerseyville, IL, September 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2005, 18:42 local time
- Place: Jerseyville, IL
- Airport: Jerseyvillie Aviation Inc Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1172° N, 90.3267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jerseyville, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1172&lon=-90.3267&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CHALLENGERII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050905021369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA^ WHILE ON A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE UNREGISTERED 2 PLACE HOME BUILT ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS WHILE ON A LONG FINAL APPROACH TO THE NORTH RUNWAY AT THE PRIVATE AIRPORT AT JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A CORN FIELD ABOUT 350 FEET SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY, COMING TO REST INVERTED FACING SOUTH. THE PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. (-23 AMENDMENT) THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. NOTE: NTSB WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS ACCIDENT AND DID NOT ISSUE A NTSB ACCIDENT NUMBER DUE TO THE FACT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT REGISTERED. WHILE ON A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT AND FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN THIS AIRCRAFT THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE UNREGISTERED 2 PLACE AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE NORTH AT THE PRIVATE AIRPORT AT JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 350 FEET SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY INVERTED IN A CORNFIELD, FACING SOUTH. THERE ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS FROM WITNESSES REGARDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT. ONE OF THE FIRST WITNESSES ON THE SCENE INDICATED THE P                               ILOT WAS COHERENT AND INDICATED HE TOLD HIM THAT WHEN HE ADDED POWER THE AIRPLANE NOSE-DIVED. ANOTHER WITNESS A JERSEYVILLE POLICE OFFICER, WHO ASSISTED IN MOVING THE PILOT AWAY FROM THE ACCIDENT SCENE INDICATED THE PILOT WAS CONSCIOUS AND TALKING. AS THEY AWAITED AN AMBULANCE THE PILOT TOLD THE OFFICER THAT HE LOST POWER.

## 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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