# Accident 20090722012289A: Amtr SA300, Iowa City, IA, July 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2009, 11:34 local time
- Place: Iowa City, IA
- Airport: Iowa City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6394° N, 91.5481° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6394&lon=-91.5481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7BT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7BT-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Forster SA-300 (registry code 86601MW, https://openairdocs.org/model/forster-sa-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SA300
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA455) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090722012289A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT HAD DEPARTED GRINNELL, IA ENROUTE TO LONG ISLAND, NY.  PILOT REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEMS IN THE IOWA CITY, IA AREA AND TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO RESTART THE ENGINE WITH NO SUCCESS.  PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON A STREET IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF IOWA CITY, IA.

## 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 CEN09CA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA455), Jul 22, 2009: Forster SA-300 (N7BT), Iowa City, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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