# Incident 19951026040029I: Amtr RV4, Grantville, PA, October 26, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1995, 10:20 local time
- Place: Grantville, PA
- Airport: Sky Classics Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3979° N, 76.5989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sky Classics Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3979&lon=-76.5989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jacobs Robert Lewis RV-4 (registry code 05608LH, https://openairdocs.org/model/jacobs-robert-lewis-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 920 total, 450 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/19951026040029I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 26, 1995, AIRCRAFT (N91AB) DEPARTED WINCHESTER VIRGINIA AIRPORT (W16) WITH ONE PASSENGER (STEVE BEAVER) ENROUTE TO SKY CLASSICS AIRPORT (7PS4). PILOT CONTACTED MUIR TOWER FOR WIND VELOCITY AND DIRECTION AND WAS ADVISED THAT WIND WAS OUT OF THE WEST AND GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. PILOT ENTERED A LEFT-HAND PATTERN TO RUNWAY 26 AT 7PS4, AND TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE ON THE FIRST THIRD OF THE RUNWAY AT 50 MPH. PILOT APPLIED BRAKES LIGHTLY AND THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SLOW DOWN, THEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED HEAVILY AND WHEELS STARTED TO SLIDE ON THE WET GRASS. AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP 10 FEET OFF THE END. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE (PROPELLER AND GEAR). THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT CLOSED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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