# Incident 19890504021319I: Amtrsy SIDEWINDER, Morristown, NJ, May 4, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1989, 19:00 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8JR-1991-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kellers Jan M SIDEWINDER (registry code 05649BA, https://openairdocs.org/model/kellers-jan-m-sidewinder) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSY SIDEWINDER
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 3 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890504021319I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST AS PILOT ALLOWED IT TO COME DOWN HARD AFTER A UNEXPECTED ROTATION.

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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