# Accident 20070922021909A: Amtr KOLBMKII, Athens, TN, September 22, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2007, 14:11 local time
- Place: Athens, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5397° N, 84.5264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5397&lon=-84.5264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43046, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43046-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kolb MK II (registry code 059001D, https://openairdocs.org/model/kolb-mk-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KOLBMKII
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070922021909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/22/07 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED HIS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT KOLB, MK II AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N43046 FROM WESTWIND AIRPARK, A PRIVATE STRIP IN NIOTA, TN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF AND FLEW APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE AND CRASHED IN A CORN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PROPELLER BLADES SHOWED NO GROUND STRIKE MARKS, AND SUFFERED LITTLE DAMAGE, NEITHER DID THE ENGINE. ABOUT A QUART TO A HALF GALLON OF FUEL REMAINED IN ONE OF THE TWO FIVE GALLON FUEL TANKS WITH A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL IN THE AREA. THE BALLISTIC PARACHUTE WAS DEPLOYED BUT DID NOT OPEN. THE OPERATOR WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON SCENE. OPERATOR DID NOT HOLD A PILOT'S OR MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

## 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 ATL07LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA129), Sep 22, 2007: Kolb MK II (N43046), Sweetwater, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during climb.

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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