# Accident 20051224029369A: Amtr LANCAIR320, Ramona, CA, December 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2005, 11:15 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Ramona Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0389° N, 116.9150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0389&lon=-116.9150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320WH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320WH-2008-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Forrest Haynes LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05618J1, https://openairdocs.org/model/forrest-haynes-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR320
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051224029369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ON APPROACH TO RAMONA, CA AIRPORT (KRNM). IMPACT APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM RAMONA, CA AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT EMPENNAGE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT. RIGHT WING WAS BROKEN OFF FROM IMPACT WITH TREE JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT. AIRCRAFT COMPOSITE SECTIONS WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE. OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES. OCCUPANTS WERE TREATED BY EMERGENCY PARAMEDICS AND RELEASED.                                                 (-23 AMENDMENT) PIC HAS NOT ATTENDED A SAFETY PROGRAM SEMINAR IN LAST 3 YEARS. PIC HAD JUST PURCHASED AIRCRAFT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN FROM OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS. PURCHASED FUEL (17.9 GALLONS) AT SUN WESTERN FLYERS FBO AT BULLHEAD CITY, AZ INT. ARPT. PIC STATED 50 GALS (100LL) ON BOARD AT BULLHEAD CITY. AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH FIRE AFTER IMPACT. PIC AND PAX EXITED AIRCRAFT WHEN AIRCRAFT STOPPED SKIDDING ON GROUND AFTER RIGHT WING BROKE OFF WHEN IT CAUGHT ON THE TREE TO THE RIGHT OF THEIR FLIGHT PATH. ENGINE HAD A JPI INSTRUMENTS MODEL EDM-700 INSTALLED IN AIRCRAFT. NO DATA WAS ABLE TO BE RETRIEVED DUE TO THE ENGINE ANALYZER INSTRUMENT SYSTEM BEING CREMATED BY FIRE. NTSB ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS PENDING GETTING LYCOMING TO INSPECT FIRE DAMAGED ENGINE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE FIRE FROM ENGINE AREA. HE SAID WHEN AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE GROUND, HE LOOKED BEHIND HIM AND HIS PASSENGER FOR FIRE AND THERE WAS FIRE TO THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. PIC AND PAX EXITED AND GOT AWAY FROM AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT INCREASED BURNING AND ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS A BUMP IN FRONT (ENGINE) AND PART OF THE VERTICAL EMPENAGE. REMAINS OF N320WH IS AT AIR TRANSPORT, PHOENIX, AX, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 LAX06LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA067), Dec 24, 2005: Forrest Haynes Lancair 320 (N320WH), Ramona, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power 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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