# Incident 19870802055579I: Amtrlb AEROBAT, San Benito, TX, August 2, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1987
- Place: San Benito, TX
- Airport: San Benito Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1350° N, 97.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at San Benito Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1350&lon=-97.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17638, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17638-2014-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eichman Ellis V AEROBAT III (registry code 056125Q, https://openairdocs.org/model/eichman-ellis-v-aerobat-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Hirth F20 (registry code 33720, https://openairdocs.org/engine/hirth-f20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRLB AEROBAT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870802055579I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAXI RUN DUE TO SIDE LOAD ON GEAR. GUSTY WINDS.

## Other reports on N17638 (1)

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

- [Accident 19970720018899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970720018899A), Jul 20, 1997: Amtrlb AEROBAT (N17638), Brownsville, TX, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. First test flight lifted porpoised lifted. Rolled. Impacted inverted. (-23) on July 20, 1997, aircraft 17638, mode aerobatt iii, owned, built and operated by…

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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