# Accident 20070903021939A: Amtr SUPERSTRDSTR, Verona, KY, September 3, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: Verona, KY
- Airport: Ryan Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8050° N, 84.6567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8050&lon=-84.6567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5462 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SUPERSTRDSTR
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070903021939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03 SEPTEMBER 2007, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GIVING RIDES IN HIS HOME BUILT STARDUSTER TOO FOR A WEDDING PARTY BEING HELD AT RYAN FIELD, (7KY2) LOCATED IN VERONA KY. AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30 LOCAL TIME, AFTER GIVING TWO UNEVENTFUL RIDES TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WEDDING PARTY AROUND THE LOCAL AREA, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR A FLIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED KILLING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DIED LATER DUE TO COMPLICATIONS OF HIS INJURIES.

## 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 NYC07LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA212), Sep 3, 2007: Schrack Starduster Too (N5462), Verona, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the inadvertent stall.

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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