# Incident 19920307005189I: Amtr SPITFIRE, Farmington, NM, March 7, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1992, 02:14 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7413° N, 108.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOUR CORNERS RGNL (FMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7413&lon=-108.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N797SF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N797SF-1992-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Black Bruce Allen SPITFIRE MK IX (registry code 0566452, https://openairdocs.org/model/black-bruce-allen-spitfire-mk-ix) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SPITFIRE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920307005189I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONDUCTING HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST. LOST CONTROL. TRIED TO FLY. AIRSPEED LOW.DEPARTED END OF RUNWAY OVER A CLIFF

## Other reports on N797SF (1)

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

- [Incident 19890513027949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890513027949I), May 13, 1989: Amtr SPITFIRE (N797SF), Farmington, NM, Minor damage. Canopy broke loose on high speed taxi test. Aircraft became airborne. Nosed over on landing.

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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