# Accident 20060509010469A: Amtr ANTARESMA33, Trapper Creek, AK, May 9, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2006, 14:19 local time
- Place: Trapper Creek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.5675° N, 150.2358° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5675&lon=-150.2358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N582AK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N582AK-2018-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Welsh Lansford K ANTARES MA-33 (registry code 05607GQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/welsh-lansford-k-antares-ma-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ANTARESMA33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060509010469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS MAKING A VFR APPROACH TO THE TRAPPER CREEK, ALASKA AIRSTRIP, WHEN ON SHORT FINAL HE CLIPPED SOME BRUSH AND WAS SPUN AROUND, LOSING CONTROL AND CRASHING. HE SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, DUE TO NOT HAVING A SHOULDER HARNESS AVAILABLE. PILOT WAS FLYING A N-NUMBERED REGISTERED AIRCRAFT AND AT THE TIME HE DID NOT AND STILL DOES NOT HOLD ANY LEVEL OF PILOT CERTIFICATES. ALSO DOES NOT HOLD AN AIRMAN MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

## 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 ANC06CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA051), May 9, 2006: Lanford Antares MA-33 (N582AK), Trapper Creek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance during final approach for landing, which resulted in the airplane striking a tree, and an in-flight collision with terrain. A…

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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