# Incident 19950530015339I: Amtrsx CASSUTT1, Silver City, NM, May 30, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1995, 09:55 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Silver City-Grant County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7786° N, 108.2694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Silver City, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7786&lon=-108.2694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1876N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1876N-2013-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fritts David D CASSUTT SPORT (registry code 05626G4, https://openairdocs.org/model/fritts-david-d-cassutt-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSX CASSUTT1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 100 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950530015339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. FRITZ WAS CONDUCTING TAXI TESTS ON HIS CASSUTT SPORT. HE HAD COMPLETED THREE TEST RUNS ON THE RUNWAY INCREASING HIS SPEED WITH EACH RUN. ON THE FOURTH TEST RUN, HE INCREASED THE SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT REACTED ERRATIC AND TOOK AN ABRUPT LEFT TURN. THIS WAS AT AN INTERSECTION, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE DIRT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOMETHING WITH THE LANDING GEAR AND FLIPPED OVER. THE AIRPORT MANAGER ASSISTED MR. FRITZ OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. MR. FRITZ SUFFERED A CUT AND A BLOW TO THE HEAD. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE TAIL WHEEL TIRE WAS FOUND A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE AWAY APPROXIMATELY 3,000'. THE TAXI WHEEL HAD BEEN GROUND DOWN FROM CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. MR. GRIMES, THE AIRPORT MANAGER, TOOK PICTURES AND REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER AUTHORIZATION FROM THE FAA. I95SW010026

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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