# Accident 20080621841819A: Amtr ERACER, Chicago/Aurora, IL, June 21, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2008, 12:30 local time
- Place: Chicago/Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345JM-2008-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Morrison John K E RACER (registry code 05628U1, https://openairdocs.org/model/morrison-john-k-e-racer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ERACER
- Reported engine: TELMAT TMX540
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080621841819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED AURORA AIRPORT,  IL RUNWAY 27.  ENGINE LOST SOME POWER.  PILOT NOTIFIED ATC, HE WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT.  SMOKE STARTED TO FILL THE COCKPIT.  ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ON FIRE.  NOTIFIED ATC OF FIRE ONBOARD.  ATC CALLED 911 EMERGENCY.  PILOT LOST CONTROL JUST BEFORE COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE GRASSY AREA.  LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  LEFT WING CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY TURNING THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE RUNWAY.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, PILOT OPENED THE CANOPY AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  SECONDS AFTER HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT WAS IN-GULFED IN FLAMES.  PILOT'S INJURY WAS LIMITED TO HIS HAIR ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD WAS SLIGHTLY BURNED.

## 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 CHI08LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA169), Jun 21, 2008: Morrison E-Racer (N345JM), Aurora, IL, destroyed. Probable cause: An undetermined failure in the high-pressure fuel system, and the subsequent loss of engine power and in-flight fire. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's restricted visibility due to the…

## Other reports on N345JM (2)

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

- [Accident 20000912042789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000912042789A), Sep 12, 2000: Amtr ERACER (N345JM), Chicago/Aurora, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft was on a maintenance test flight for the installation of a supercharger. The aircraft lost power while on a left base to runway 33. It…
- [Incident 19990821033529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990821033529I), Aug 21, 1999: Amtr ERACER (N345JM), Chicago/Aurora, IL, Minor damage. (-23) At approximately 4:20 CDT, the main landing gear collapsed on N345JM, an expermintal amateur built e-racer aircraft. At the time of the incident, the…

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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