# Accident 20070915022559A: Amtr SPORTSTAR, Erie, CO, September 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2007, 13:50 local time
- Place: Erie, CO
- Airport: Erie Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0006° N, 105.0347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0006&lon=-105.0347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N616EV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N616EV-2010-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR (registry code 0600012, https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-sportstar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SPORTSTAR
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 418 total, 2 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07FA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070915022559A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ALTHOUGH WITNESSES STATEMENTS VARY, THEY DEPARTED RUNWAY 15 AT EIK, ON A LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, CLIMBED TO A REASONABLE ALTITUDE THEN SPIRALED TOWARD THE GROUND. ONE WITNESS STATED IT PITCHED STRAIGHT UP PRIOR TO THE SPIN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 300 YDS SW OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 15. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE, ON A NW HEADING, POSSIBLY SLIGHTLY NOSE DOWN WITH NO FORWARD MOVEMENT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIGH VERTICAL IMPACT. BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. FUEL WAS EVIDENT IN BOTH TANKS AND THE PROPELLER EXHIBITED EVIDENCE OF HIGH ROTATIONAL IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. CONTROL CONTINUITY COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED ON THE SCENE. THE PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS PROPERLY RATED AND QUALIFIED. NO FAA DATA EXISTED ON THE STUDENT PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FUELED WITH 10 GALLONS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. INITIAL COMPUTATIONS ON SCENE SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT AT 1206 LBS GROSS WEIGHT, USING ESTIMATED WEIGHTS OF PILOT AND PASSENGER AND 10 GALLONS OF FUEL. THIS PLACED THE AIRCRAFT NEAR MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT OF 1213 LBS. THE ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS 7639.

## 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 DEN07FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07FA158), Sep 15, 2007: Evektor-Aerotechnik a.s. SportStar (N616EV), Erie, CO, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during takeoff-initial climb to avoid a stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate preflight…

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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