19890513027949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Spitfire · Farmington, NM · May 13, 1989

Date: May 13, 1989 · 10:40 local
Place: Farmington, NM
Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N797SF
Reported as: Amtr Spitfire
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total0 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N797SFRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 1992 · Black Bruce Allen SPITFIRE MK IXS/N TWO9KCR82C Airframe modelBlack Bruce Allen SPITFIRE MK IX

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.

Canopy broke loose on high speed taxi test. Aircraft became airborne. Nosed over on landing.

As the FAA filed it

CANOPY BROKE LOOSE ON HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. NOSED OVER ON LANDING.

Other reports on N797SF · 1

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

Incident 19920307005189IOther Ground Ops · Farmington, NMPilot conducting high speed taxi test. Lost control. Tried to fly. Airspeed low. Departed end of runway over a cliffMar 7, 1992 · Substantial damage