# Accident 20060120011749A: Amtr SA300, Churchville, MD, January 20, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2006, 16:30 local time
- Place: Churchville, MD
- Airport: Harford County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5667° N, 76.2022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5667&lon=-76.2022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1923S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1923S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Renquist John H STARDUSTER TOO SA300 (registry code 86603BR, https://openairdocs.org/model/renquist-john-h-starduster-too-sa300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SA300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,650 total, 33 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060120011749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) EYEWITNESS STATED THE PILOT STARTED TOO STEEP A CLIMB ON TAKEOFF AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND THE LEFT WING DROPPED. PILOT PICKED UP THE LEFT WING AND THE RIGHT WING DROPPED. PILOT ALMOST GOT AIRCRAFT LEVEL WHEN NOSE AND PROP CONTACTED THE GROUND AND GEAR FOLDED UP TO HIT THE WINGS. PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

## 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 NYC06LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA055), Jan 20, 2006: Renquist Starduster SA300 (N1923S), Churchville, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

## Other reports on N1923S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19970527045289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970527045289A), May 27, 1997: Amtr SA300 (N1923S), Bountiful, UT, Substantial damage. On may 27, 1997, approximately 1030 mountain daylight time, a noe SA-300 experimental biplane, n`923S, nosed over after departing the side of the runway at…

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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