# Accident 20070619011699A: Amtr FLIGHTSTAR, Nampa, ID, June 19, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2007
- Place: Nampa, ID
- Airport: Nampa Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4961° N, 116.4078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4961&lon=-116.4078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8003U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8003U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Halsted Gordon N FLIGHTSTAR PIONEER (registry code 05901MV, https://openairdocs.org/model/halsted-gordon-n-flightstar-pioneer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR FLIGHTSTAR
- Reported engine: HIRTH F23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 752 total, 752 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070619011699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON A LOCAL FLIGHT FROM THE NAMPA AIRPORT AT APP 2130 PILOT STATED HE REDUCE POWER FROM 4600 RPM TO 3200 RPM AND THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED RUNNING. HE THEN MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD 6 MILES SOUTH OF THE NAMPA AIRPORT HITTING A DITCH ON TOUCHDOWN. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS TOP.

## 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 SEA07LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA173), Jun 19, 2007: Halsted Flightstar Pioneer (N8003U), Nampa, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure (fracture) of the crankshaft of the non-certificated two-cycle engine during cruise flight. Factors include a ditch running through the field in which the pilot executed his engine-out…

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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