# Incident 19951116041139I: Amtrfz NORTHSTAR1, Atwater, CA, November 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1995, 06:45 local time
- Place: Atwater, CA
- Airport: Atwater Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3360° N, 120.6032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Atwater Municipal Airport (1957), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3360&lon=-120.6032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N549LL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N549LL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ludwig Larry E NORTH STAR (registry code 056122K, https://openairdocs.org/model/ludwig-larry-e-north-star) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRFZ NORTHSTAR1
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 30 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951116041139I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N 549LL, A NORTH STAR, EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT, AFTER LANDING AT CASTLE AIR FIELD AT ABOUT 0645 PST, NOVEMBER 16, 1995, PILOT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY IN THE WHEEL LANDING ATTITUDE IN HIGH SPEED TAXI AND NOSED OVER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND COWLING. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT HAD NO INJURIES. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. NO WEATHER BRIEFING WAS OBTAINED. THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN NOTAM'ED CLOSED THE DAY BEFORE.

## Other reports on N549LL (1)

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

- [Incident 19880820034439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880820034439I), Aug 20, 1988: Amtrfz NORTHSTAR1 (N549LL), Big Delta, AK, Minor damage. Pilot taxiing to park when main wheels went into depressions where he usually parked. Prop struck ground.

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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