# Accident 20080623840799A: Amtr SE5A, Seymour, IN, June 23, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2008, 09:10 local time
- Place: Seymour, IN
- Airport: Freeman Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9247° N, 85.9083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9247&lon=-85.9083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93725, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93725-2012-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wolseley Motors SE5-A (registry code 056233W, https://openairdocs.org/model/wolseley-motors-se5-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SE5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 870 total, 1 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080623840799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06/23/2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1410Z, A HOMEBUILT EXPERIMENTAL WOLSELEY SE5A CRASHED INTO A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREEMAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SER) LOCATED IN SEYMOUR INDIANA.  THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING HIS SECOND TEST FLIGHT AFTER ADJUSTMENT OT THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.  THE AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATED AS AN AMATEUR HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT ON 06/19/2008.  THE PILOT REPORTED HAVING DIFFICULTY IN CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT DEGRADATION OF ALTITUDE.  STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT AND WITNESS INDICATED NO APPARENT PROBLEM WITH THE POWERPLANT.

## 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 CHI08CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA168), Jun 23, 2008: Wolseley Motors SE5-A (N93725), Seymour, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot/builder's failure to manufacture the airplane with an appropriate engine thrust angle. Contributing to the accident was the pilot/builder's adjustment of the horizontal stabilizer which…

## Other reports on N93725 (1)

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

- [Accident 20100727040509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100727040509A), Jul 27, 2010: Wolseley Mo SE5-A (N93725), Seymour, IN, Substantial damage. On 07/27/2010, at approximately 1250Z, a homebuilt experimental Wolseley SE5-A crashed in the grass, approximately 30 feet southwest of runway 14-32 at Freeman…

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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