# Accident 20090405003729A: Amtr PULSAR, Riddle, ID, April 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2009, 23:00 local time
- Place: Riddle, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1667° N, 116.1000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1667&lon=-116.1000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N610RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N610RJ-2013-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boesiger Max A JR PULSAR (registry code 05605ET, https://openairdocs.org/model/boesiger-max-a-jr-pulsar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PULSAR
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX914
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 350 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090405003729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT ABOUT 8:30 PM APRIL 5TH THE PILOT DEPARTED A PRIVATE AIRFIELD LOCATED AT THE LUCIN VOR (LCU) IN UTAH FOR A RETURN FLIGHT TO CALDWELL (EUL), ID.  WITH NO LIGHTING ON THE PANEL MOUNT GPS THE PILOT DEPARTED INTO THE DARKENING NIGHT SKY.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF HE DISCOVERED HIS FLASHLIGHT DID NOT WORK.  THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO TURN NORTH TO INTERSECT I-84 THEN FOLLOW IT WEST  TO CALDWELL.  HE SAW WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS I-84 AND TURNED WEST.  WHEN THE HIGHWAY BEGAN TO ANGLE SOUTH THE PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THE WRONG HIGHWAY HE AGAIN HEADED DIRECTLY NORTH.  HE THEN REALIZED HE COULD USE HIS CELLPHONE TO SHED LIGHT ON THE GPS.  UPON USING THE GPS TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS AND REALIZING HE WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO GET TO BOISE, ID OR WELLS, NV HE CONTINUED ON TO BOISE HOPING TO FIND A PLACE TO LAND.  HE RAN OUT OF FUEL ABOUT 4000 FT AGL AND THE ONLY POINT OF REFERENCE WERE 3 FARM LIGHTS ABOUT ½ MILE APART.  HE KEPT HIS SPEED UP SO HE WOULD NOT STALL AND WAS ABLE TO SEE AND AVOID A SET OF POWERLINES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND DIRECTLY BELOW THE POWERLINES.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID ABOUT 100 FT AND STRUCK A SHED IN THE BACKYARD OF THE RIDDLE, ID STORE.

## 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 WPR09CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA181), Apr 6, 2009: Max A Boesiger Jr Pulsar (N610RJ), Riddle, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's becoming lost and disoriented. Contributing to the accident was fatigue, as reported by 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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