# Accident 20090529011769A: Amtr CHINOOKPLUS2, Bridgeport, TX, May 29, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2009, 11:30 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1719° N, 97.8236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1719&lon=-97.8236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31773, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31773-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gentry John K CHINOOK PLUS 2 (registry code 05902L6, https://openairdocs.org/model/gentry-john-k-chinook-plus-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CHINOOKPLUS2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090529011769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 29, 2009, N31773, A CHINOOK PLUS 2 ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED SEARS AIRPORT IN BRIDGEPORT, TEXAS.  WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO'S.  ON THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO, THE AIRCRAFT HAD TURNED DOWNWIND AND PITCHED DOWN, CRASHING INTO A TREE AND THEN THE GROUND.  BOTH OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, AND THE PILOT, JIM SEARS, HAD DIED SEVERAL DAYS LATER AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES.  NO DETERMINATION OF THE CAUSE OF THIS CRASH COUND BE DETERMINED, AS THE PASSENGER ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT CONCLUSIVELY GIVE ANY INFORMATION TO US IN THE DETERMINATION.  WRECKAGE OF AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN09LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA331), May 29, 2009: Gentry John K Chinook PL (N31773), Bridgeport, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor and pilot's decision to take off with known control deficiencies with the aircraft which resulted in a loss of control.

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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