# Accident 20061121025409A: Amtr CHALLENGERII, Bessemer, AL, November 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2006, 15:05 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3078° N, 86.9222° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3078&lon=-86.9222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44594, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44594-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hudspeth Shawn CHALLENGER II (registry code 05619XB, https://openairdocs.org/model/hudspeth-shawn-challenger-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CHALLENGERII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061121025409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING THE PILOT STATED THAT A STRONG CROSSWIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ALTERNATELY BALLOON AND SINK, HE STATES THAT HE ADDED POWER TO REGAIN STABLE FLIGHT CAUSING A YAW TO THE LEFT FROM WHICH HE COULD NOT RECOVER. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HIT THE GROUND JUST PRIOR TO STRIKING A GROUP OF TREES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL07CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA023), Nov 21, 2006: Hudspeth Shawn D Challenger II (N44594), Bessemer, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an approach for landing. A factor in the accident was gusting winds.

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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