# Incident 19890904052309I: Amtrts SEAHAWK, Nashua, NH, September 4, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1989, 15:15 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7824° N, 71.5141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOIRE FLD (ASH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7824&lon=-71.5141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5857X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5857X-1993-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Camacho Henry J SEAHAWK (registry code 9570779, https://openairdocs.org/model/camacho-henry-j-seahawk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTS SEAHAWK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890904052309I

## Narrative

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

WIND GUST CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBORNE ON HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST. CAME DOWN DRAGGED WING AND GROUND LOOPED.

## Other reports on N5857X (1)

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

- [Accident 19930608017339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930608017339A), Jun 8, 1993: Amtrts SEAHAWK (N5857X), Orange, MA, Destroyed. Pitched up and stalled on liftoff. Instability on liftoff indicates CG too FAR aft. First test flight of homebuilt

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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