# Incident 19821204066539I: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Ypsilanti, MI, December 4, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1982, 11:27 local time
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N641D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N641D-1993-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Verriest Robert C DRAGONFLY (registry code 05647VN, https://openairdocs.org/model/verriest-robert-c-dragonfly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRAGONFLY
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW1800VOLKS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 4 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821204066539I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SCRAPED PROPELLER ON RUNWAY DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDING. PILOT COUNSELED ON TAKEOFF TECHNIQUES.

## Other reports on N641D (1)

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

- [Accident 19820816038459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820816038459A), Aug 16, 1982: Amtr DRAGONFLY (N641D), Plymouth, MI, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Held stick back. Airplane dropped to runway in a stall on its left wing. First test flight.

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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