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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr Challengerii · Ely, MN · September 12, 2006

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Date: September 12, 2006 · 17:15 local
Place: Ely, MN
Airport: Ely Municipal
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: NONE
Reported as: Amtr Challengerii
Fatal injuries: 0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted had finished building the aircraft this summer and had only 3 hours flight time. On final approach to land at the Ely airport the aircraft started to descend rapidly, the pilot could not correct the sink rate with engine power or control movement. The aircraft crashed approximately a half mile short of the runway. The NTSB did not assign the accident a case number due to no fatality or aircraft registration.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ HAD FINISHED BUILDING THE AIRCRAFT THIS SUMMER AND HAD ONLY 3 HOURS FLIGHT TIME. ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND AT THE ELY AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DESCEND RAPIDLY, THE PILOT COULD NOT CORRECT THE SINK RATE WITH ENGINE POWER OR CONTROL MOVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE NTSB DID NOT ASSIGN THE ACCIDENT A CASE NUMBER DUE TO NO FATALITY OR AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION.