# Accident 20080601838589A: Amtr VENTURE, Baldwin City, KS, June 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2008, 16:26 local time
- Place: Baldwin City, KS
- Airport: Vinland Valley Aerodrome
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8358° N, 95.1928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8358&lon=-95.1928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43865, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43865-2018-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeros VENTURE (registry code 05904QO, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeros-venture) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VENTURE
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080601838589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT (WEIGHT SHIFT CONTROL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT) DURING THE ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 AT VINLAND VALLEY AERODROME (K64).  THE WING WAS ESTIMATED TO BE FROM 190 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS AND THE VISIBILITY WAS 10 MILES DURING DAYLGHT HOURS.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OVER THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, BUT THE PILOT DID NOT RELINQUISH CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY.  FOLLOWING A STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BETWEEN THE PILOT AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT UNDERNEATH A SET OF POWER LINES AND IMAPCTED A MAILBOX AND A HANGAR.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR 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 DFW08CA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA158), Jun 1, 2008: Aeros Venture (N43865), Baldwin City, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment and the instructor's delayed remedial action to abort the landing, which resulted in a collision with a mailbox and hangar. A factor was the…

## Other reports on N43865 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20180723017669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180723017669A), Jul 23, 2018: Aeros VENTURE (N43865), Bad Axe, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft was enroute to the pilot?s home approximately 1.5 miles northwest of the airport and struck a treeline a half-mile west of the airport. The pilot…

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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