# Incident 19960126001709I: Amtr KR2, Marietta, GA, January 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1996, 13:22 local time
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9536° N, 84.5425° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marietta, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9536&lon=-84.5425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124U-2002-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Greathouse Harold E RAND ROBINSON KR-2S (registry code 05625LX, https://openairdocs.org/model/greathouse-harold-e-rand-robinson-kr-2s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960126001709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON TAKE OFF RUN, CANOPY OPENED DUE TO LATCH NOT BEING ADEQUATELY SECURED. PILOT WAS DISTRACTED TRYING TO RELATCH CANOPY AND AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 09 INTO SOFT GROUND ADJACENT TO RUNWAY. POWER WAS RETARDED AND WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE, SPLINTERING WOODEN PROPELLER. ADDITIONAL MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDED FIBERGLASS CRACKS IN ENGINE COWLING AND CARBURATOR AIR INTAKE AND FIBERGLASS FRACTURES IN BOTH MAIN GEAR WHEEL PANTS. OTHER THAN A SMALL CUT TO PILOT'S HAND, THERE WERE NO OTHER INJURIES OR ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. A SIMILAR INCIDENT OCCURED TO THIS PILOT AND HIS HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI TESTS AFTER CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION ON OCT. 30, 1995. MR. GREATHOUSE HAS A & P CERTIFICATE 2236551 5-19-73.

## Other reports on N124U (1)

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

- [Incident 19951030039289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951030039289I), Oct 30, 1995: Amtr KR2 (N124U), Cumming, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: Mr. Great house was attempting to do a high speed taxi check of his home built aircraft. Approximately 2500 ft. down the runway the aircraft nosed…

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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