# Accident 20060730026479A: Amtr DRIFTER, Sturtevant, WI, July 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2006, 19:30 local time
- Place: Sturtevant, WI
- Airport: Sylvania Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7032° N, 87.9590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYLVANIA (C89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7032&lon=-87.9590&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRIFTER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060730026479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 30, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 HOUR, THE PILOT OF A TERKEURST MU582 DRIFTER ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT HIT A TREE 3/4 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE SYLVANIA AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO LOCATE THE PASSENGER'S LOST PARACHUTE BAG. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE SYLVANIA AIRPORT AND WAS TO RETURN THERE. THE PILOT, WHILE CIRCLING A WOODED AREA LOOKING FOR THE PASSENGER'S PARACHUTE BAG, LOST HIS AWARENESS OF ALTITUDE AND STRUCK A TREE. THE NTSB WAS CONTACTED AND DECLINED THE INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT REGISTERED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT CERTIFICATED. THIS AIRCRAFT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPERATED AS AN EXPERIMENT AIRCRAFT AS IT IS PLACARDED, THUS REQUIRING A CERTIFICATED PILOT TO OPERATE AND THE AIRCRAFT REGISTERED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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