# Incident 19941223045269I: Amtrsy SIDEWINDER, Schenectady, NY, December 23, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1994, 15:00 local time
- Place: Schenectady, NY
- Airport: Schenectady County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8527° N, 73.9296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCHENECTADY COUNTY (SCH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8527&lon=-73.9296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90WC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90WC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Carter William T SIDEWINDER (registry code 05649CH, https://openairdocs.org/model/carter-william-t-sidewinder) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSY SIDEWINDER
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 11 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941223045269I

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL PIVOTED ON LANDING ROLL. WHEEL SPLINTERED THE WOOD PROP. TENSION INCORRECT ON NOSE WHEEL STOP.

## Other reports on N90WC (1)

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

- [Incident 19961020044329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961020044329I), Oct 20, 1996: Amtrsy SIDEWINDER (N90WC), Cleveland, OH. Narrative: the pilot stated that the tuner of the VHF comm. Broke just as he was trying to tune the appropriate frequency for "class b" clearance.

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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