# Incident 19890116000559I: Amtr KR2, Gila Bend, AZ, January 16, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9602° N, 112.6736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILA BEND MUNI (E63), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9602&lon=-112.6736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49TW-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: West Thomas R KR-2 (registry code 05648VX, https://openairdocs.org/model/west-thomas-r-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,127 total, 5 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890116000559I

## Narrative

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

ANIMAL ENTERED RUNWAY AS TAIL WHEEL SETTLED. ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND. HIT A BUSH. LANDED HARD DAMAGING LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N49TW (1)

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

- [Incident 19861105076789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861105076789I), Nov 5, 1986: Amtr KR2 (N49TW), San Ysidro, CA, Minor damage. Hard landing caused left main to be driven thru wing of special airworthiness certificated aircraft with passenger.

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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