# Accident 20051029032309A: Amtr RANSS12, Flushing, MI, October 29, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2005, 10:50 local time
- Place: Flushing, MI
- Airport: Daltons Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0569° N, 83.8069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0569&lon=-83.8069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62078, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62078-2008-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Colson H E/Goodbread P S RANS S-12 (registry code 056225K, https://openairdocs.org/model/colson-h-e-goodbread-p-s-rans-s-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS12
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 34 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051029032309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 AT DALTON AIRPORT (3DA) FLUSHING, MI. AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT AGL, AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ NOSED THE AIRCRAFT OVER. AIRCRAFT MOMENTARILY BEGAN RUNNING NORMALLY. PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO AIRPORT. HE BEGAN SHALLOW TURN BACK TOWARDS 3DA, AT WHICH TIME ENGINE AGAIN LOST POWER, THEN QUIT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT, BUT HIT A TREE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT, APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI06CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA024), Oct 29, 2005: Colson/Goodbread Rans S-12 (N62078), Flushing, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power on initial climb for undetermined reasons. A factor was the tree the airplane impacted during the forced landing.

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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