40.0403° N, 105.0383° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Erie, CO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 7, 1983 · 07:50 local
Place
Erie, CO
Airport
Trico
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4460V
Reported as
Amtr MX2
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total19 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Turned off runway to taxi to hangar. Axle struck a rock hidden by tall grass. Broke right main axle.
As the FAA filed it
TURNED OFF RUNWAY TO TAXI TO HANGAR. AXLE STRUCK A ROCK HIDDEN BY TALL GRASS. BROKE RIGHT MAIN AXLE.