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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr TM-5 · Concord, NH · June 11, 1996

Date
June 11, 1996 · 09:30 local
Place
Concord, NH
Airport
Concord Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N144RA
Reported as
Amtr TM5
Reported engine
Continental A658
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
174 total10 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the pilot was returning to Concord airport following a one hour, local part 91 flight. He was southbound at 3000 feet altitude, just east of runway 17/35 when the cockpit canopy opened. The canopy frame remained attached at the hinge on the right side of the aircraft. Half of the plexiglas failed and departed the aircraft. The pilot applied full left rudder to counteract the drag from the open canopy. At full power the aircraft would not maintain altitude. He continued to descend and touched down in a southwesterly direction at the edge of the runway over-run at the south end of runway 35. He became airborne over a small ravine. The right gear broke off as he touched down the second time and the aircraft slid to a stop on the hillside. Damage to main landing gear, prop, engine cowl, exhaust, belly skin, dents and scratches on right wing.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO CONCORD AIRPORT FOLLOWING A ONE HOUR, LOCAL PART 91 FLIGHT. HE WAS SOUTHBOUND AT 3000 FEET ALTITUDE, JUST EAST OF RUNWAY 17/35 WHEN THE COCKPIT CANOPY OPENED. THE CANOPY FRAME REMAINED ATTACHED AT THE HINGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. HALF OF THE PLEXIGLAS FAILED AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER TO COUNTERACT THE DRAG FROM THE OPEN CANOPY. AT FULL POWER THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. HE CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND TOUCHED DOWN IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY OVER-RUN AT THE SOUTH END OF RUNWAY 35. HE BECAME AIRBORNE OVER A SMALL RAVINE. THE RIGHT GEAR BROKE OFF AS HE TOUCHED DOWN THE SECOND TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE HILLSIDE. DAMAGE TO MAIN LANDING GEAR, PROP, ENGINE COWL, EXHAUST, BELLY SKIN, DENTS AND SCRATCHES ON RIGHT WING.