# Accident 19950122000739A: Amtr EAGLEXL2, Halliday, ND, January 22, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1995, 16:15 local time
- Place: Halliday, ND
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3508° N, 102.3309° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3508&lon=-102.3309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2176Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2176Z-2013-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stuart J/Wagner R MOUNTAIN EAGLE (registry code 05625AH, https://openairdocs.org/model/stuart-j-wagner-r-mountain-eagle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EAGLEXL2
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950122000739A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE CLIMB ON TAKEOFF. WOBLED SETTLED RAN OFF END. PROP INDICATES POWER ON IMPACT. FOUND INOP RIGHT MAGNETO. (-23) ON 01/22/95, AT 1630 MST A STUART/WAGNER MOUNTAIN EAGLE, N2176Z, PILOTED BY AN ATP RATED PILOT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON GOING OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF A PRIVATE, SNOW COVERED SOD STRIP AT A FARM NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON, ND. THE AIRCRAFT IS A HOMEBUILT KIT AIRPLANE AND WAS BEING DEMONSTRATED TO A PROSPECTIVE BUYER. THE PILOT REPORTED A POWER LOSS DURING THE TAKEOFF RUN. VFR CONDITIONS EXISTED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HAD JUST REFUELED FROM THE STRIP OWNERS FUEL TANK AND INITIALLY SUSPECTED FUEL CONTAMINATION. NO CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND. AN A & P MECHANIC DISCOVERED A FAILED MAGNETO AND LOW COMPRESSION ON TWO CYLINDERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1994 AND WAS WITHIN ANNUAL AND 100 HOUR INSPECTION LIMITS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI95LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA072), Jan 22, 1995: Stuart/Wagner Mountain Eagle (N2176Z), Halliday, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S PREMATURE LIFT-OFF AND DELAYED ABORTED TAKEOFF.

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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