# Incident 19800525058029I: Amtr HATZVAN, Portage, WI, May 25, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Portage, WI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5490° N, 89.4659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portage, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5490&lon=-89.4659&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25104, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vandergeest HATZ-VAN (registry code 0561383, https://openairdocs.org/model/vandergeest-hatz-van) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HATZVAN
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,740 total, 145 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800525058029I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLARED TOO HIGH. HARD LANDING BROKE MAIN GEAR.

## Other reports on N25104 (2)

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

- [Incident 19900419010219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900419010219I), Apr 19, 1990: Amtr HATZVAN (N25104), Helena, MT, Minor damage. Pilot bounced on landing. Gear collapsed. Pilot stated he was blinded by the sun.
- [Incident 19861112076869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861112076869I), Nov 12, 1986: Amtr HATZVAN (N25104), Rice Lake, WI, Minor damage. The aircraft hit a frost heave on takeoff resulting in gear damage on landing at destination airport.

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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