# Incident 19890723048559I: Amtr KR2, Morehead, KY, July 23, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1989, 15:40 local time
- Place: Morehead, KY
- Airport: Morehead Rowan County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1901° N, 83.4491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morehead, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1901&lon=-83.4491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22HM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22HM-1989-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hoffner M A/Myers T L KR 2 (registry code 05648XU, https://openairdocs.org/model/hoffner-m-a-myers-t-l-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 0 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890723048559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONDUCTING HIGH SPEED TESTS. BECAME AIRBORNE AND IMPACTED TREES. UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT. TAXIING DOWNWIND.

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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