# Accident 20080716841439A: Amtr CARATA, Edgewood, NM, July 16, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2008, 14:20 local time
- Place: Edgewood, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0247° N, 106.2347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0247&lon=-106.2347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234CT-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: AMS Flight D O O CARAT A (registry code 05615YH, https://openairdocs.org/model/ams-flight-d-o-o-carat-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CARATA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 372 total, 16 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080716841439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 16, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 MDT, N234CT, AN AMS FLIGHT MODEL CARAT A MOTORIZED GLIDER, CRASHED IN A FIELD SOUTHWEST OF EDGEWOOD, NEW MEXICO.  THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE SINGLE PLACE AIRCRAFT ANC CO-OWNER, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.  AN EYEWITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELING NORTH BOUND AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND DESCRIBED A SUDDEN NOSE DIVE TO THE GROUND.  THE AICRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) EXISTED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND AT A NEAR 90 DEGREE NOSE LOW AND WINGS LEVEL CONDITION AND POINTING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO BE POINTING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS IT WAS TRAVELING WITH THE RIGHT WINGTIP APPROXIMATLEY 16.5 FEET BEHIND ITS SLAP MARK AND THE LEFT WINGTIP WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET BEHIND ITS SLAP MARK.  ALL FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS VERIFIED WITH NO ANOMALIES.

## 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 DFW08LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA187), Jul 16, 2008: AMS Flight Carat A (N234CT), Edgewood, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering at low altitude resulting in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and impact 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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