# Accident 20071215828909A: Amtr STOL701, Las Cruces, NM, December 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2007, 16:23 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2869° N, 106.7894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2869&lon=-106.7894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45500, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45500-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Garniss Robert W STOL 701 (registry code 05617A0, https://openairdocs.org/model/garniss-robert-w-stol-701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR STOL701
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- 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 DEN08LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071215828909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/15/07, AT APPROX. 1630 MST, N45500, STOL 701, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN LANDED OFF AIRPORT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE SPORT RATED PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FATALLY INJURED ON IMPACT. THE ACCIDENT WAS WITNESSED BY THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS. WITNESSES SAID THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN CIRCLING OVER A VACANT FIELD BEHIND HIS HOME. HE BEGAN TO ROCK THE WINGS SAYING HELLO TO HIS FAMILY. WITNESSES NOTICED HE WAS CONSTANTLY DESCENDING IN A LEFT TURN WHEN HE IMPACTED THE GROUND. FAMILY SAID HE OVERFLEW THE RESIDENCE ON A DAILY BASIS.

## 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 DEN08LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA040), Dec 15, 2007: Garniss Stol 701 (N45500), Mesilla, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during an intentional low altitude maneuver due to impairment, resulting in the in-flight collision with terrain.

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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