# Incident 19960503014359I: Amtr VELOCITY, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1996, 16:34 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Isla Grande Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98HR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98HR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Roman Hector J VELOCITY 173/FG (registry code 05630FD, https://openairdocs.org/model/roman-hector-j-velocity-173-fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 171 total, 4 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960503014359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. HECTOR ROMAN WAS PILOTING EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, VELOCITY 173FG, FOR THE SECOND OCCASION. HE WAS PERFORMING TAKEOFF'S AND LANDINGS AT FERNANDO LUIS RIBAS DOMINICCI AIRPORT (ISLA GRANDE AIRPORT), SAN JUAN, P.R., WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTED AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE BY THE STRONG WINGS AND WHILE MANEUVERING TO BRING IT BACK ON COURSE, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD THREE POINT LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGES. DAMAGES WERE OBSERVED IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT POINT, PROPELLER TIPS AND SLIGHT SCRATCH TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE RIGHT WINGLET. THE PILOT SUFFERED NO INJURIES.

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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