# Accident 20050925027789A: Amtr RV3A, Bell, FL, September 25, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2005, 20:15 local time
- Place: Bell, FL
- Airport: Sandy Bend Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8142° N, 82.9256° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8142&lon=-82.9256&mi=10
- Aircraft: N993FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N993FL-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lassen Finn VANS RV-3A FINN LASE (registry code 05607K9, https://openairdocs.org/model/lassen-finn-vans-rv-3a-finn-lase) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV3A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 747 total, 665 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05CA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050925027789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THE VISIBILITY AS LESS THAN ANTICIPATED DUE TO SCATTERED CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY. HE STATED THAT AFTER SEVERAL PASSES HAD BEEN EXECUTED TO IDENTIFY THE GRASS RUNWAY, HE BECAME DISTRACTED AND VEERED OFF THE APPROACH PATH OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TOP OF SOME TREES OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE ENGINE AND FUSELAGE WERE IMPACTED, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED INVERTED WITH AIRCRAFT PARTS SCATTERED IN AN APPROXIMATE 30 TO 40 FOOT RADIUS.

## 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 MIA05CA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA161), Sep 26, 2005: Vans RV-3 (N993FL), Bell, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain visual lookout during a VFR approach toward the runway resulting in-flight collision with trees. Factors in this accident are no lights for the grass strip runway and…

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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