# Accident 20060216003849A: Amtr EXPRESS, Tyler, TX, February 16, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2006, 18:15 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Tyler Pounds Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3533° N, 95.4017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3533&lon=-95.4017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N410MP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N410MP-2013-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hodge Philip T EXPRESS (registry code 05611SL, https://openairdocs.org/model/hodge-philip-t-express) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EXPRESS
- Reported engine: CONT IO550N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,947 total, 10 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060216003849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 16, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 2315 ZULU A HODGE EXPRESS CT, N410MP, S/N 001 CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AT TYLER POUNDS AIRPORT, TYLER, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^. ONE PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WAS ON BOARD. CONTACT WITH TYLER AIRPORT TOWER WAS AT 2258Z 15 MILES EAST OF TYLER WITH LAST CONTACT MADE AT 2302Z REPORTING 2 MILES NORTHEAST LEFT BASE. TOWER INDICATED LANDING CLEARANCE. AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FORESTED AREA AT N32.22.155 - W95.22.668, 1.8589 STATUTE MILES DUE NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT'S INJURY INCLUDED A BROKEN RIGHT LEG AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES INVOLVING CUTS AND SCRATCHES. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO TO TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET IN ALTITUDE IN APPROACH WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED. THE PASSENGER OBSERVED THE VASI AS "RED" ON FINAL AND SUGGESTED APPLICATION OF POWER BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AND THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE HAD QUIT RUNNING AND THE PROPELLER WAS WINDMILLING. THE PILOT STATED HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND MIXTURE, THE ENGINE RESTARTED, BUT SUBSEQUENTLY QUIT AGAIN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. ACCORDING TO HE PASSENGER AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO SELECT DIFFERENT FUEL TANKS IN ASSOCIATION WITH USE OF ELECTRIC BOOST PUMP WITHOUT SUCCESS.

## 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 DFW06LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA071), Feb 16, 2006: Hodge Express (N410MP), Tyler, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for 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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