# Accident 20050930023199A: Amtr STITSSA3B, Kimball, NE, September 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2005, 10:45 local time
- Place: Kimball, NE
- Airport: Kimball Municipal/Robert E Arraj J
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1881° N, 103.6772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1881&lon=-103.6772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4747G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4747G-2012-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stits Playboy SA3B LIGHTNING (registry code 865020Z, https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3b-lightning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR STITSSA3B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 12 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA276) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050930023199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING AT IBM FOR FUEL AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HOURS LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT MADE SOME PHONE CALLS AND RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND TAXIED OVER TO THE FUEL PUMP. NOT WANTING TO GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE OF WIND, THE PILOT HAD THE LINE PERSONNEL REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT WHILE HE STAYED SEATED IN THE COCKPIT. AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 HOURS, THE PILOT TAXIED OUT AND MADE A CALL OVER THE LOCAL FREQUENCY ANNOUNCING HIS DEPARTURE. THE PILOT WAS NEVER OBSERVED TAKING OFF FROM IBM. AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 HOURS LOCAL, THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND HIS WIFE OBSERVED AN AIRCRAFT IN A WHEAT FIELD WITH THE TAIL VERTICAL TO THE GROUND AND ALERTED EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, THEY OBSERVED THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE IMPACT CRATER OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY SIX INCHES DEEP AND THREE FEET FORWARD OF THE WRECKAGE. TWO PIECES OF THE PROPELLER WERE FOUND APPROXIMATELY 45 FEET FROM THE WRECKAGE AND IN THE IMPACT CENTER. THE SPINNER APPEARED TO HAVE SWIRL MARKS AND BENDS INDICATING ROTATION. THE TACHOMETER WAS READING 1350 RPM STATIC AND THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS READING APPROXIMATELY 86 MPH. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS OVER 7000 FEET AND THE WINDS WERE 360 AT 11 GUSTING TO 16.

## 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 CHI05LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA276), Sep 30, 2005: Stits Playboy SA3B Lightning (N4747G), Kimball, NE, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The inadvertent stall and low airspeed by the pilot following takeoff. Contributing factors were the low altitude at the time of occurrence, the high density altitude, and the propeller.

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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