# Accident 20071010823819A: Amtr PIETENPOL, Chanute, KS, October 10, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2007, 18:15 local time
- Place: Chanute, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6689° N, 95.4850° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6689&lon=-95.4850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4400N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4400N-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jackson Homer D PIETENPOL (registry code 704032Q, https://openairdocs.org/model/jackson-homer-d-pietenpol) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PIETENPOL
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW1835VOLKS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071010823819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 10, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1815 AN AMATEUR BUILT PIETENPOL FIXED WIND AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RUNWAY 36 (CHANUTE, KS) TO PERFORM A FUNCTIONAL FLIGHT CHECK FOR THE AIRCRAFT OWNER. ON CLIMB OUT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED ROLL BACK IN ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS OUTSIDE THE NORTH PERIMETER OF THE AIRPORT STRIKING A POWERLINE POLE AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE WING SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 DEN08LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA009), Oct 10, 2007: Jackson Pientenpol (N4400N), Chanute, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: Internal failure of the engine's starter-generator assembly. Contributing factors in this accident were the trees and unsuitable terrain on which to make a forced landing..

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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