# Incident 19960703021229I: Amtr TITANTORNADO, Belle Fourche, SD, July 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1996, 07:45 local time
- Place: Belle Fourche, SD
- Airport: Belle Fourche Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7346° N, 103.8618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BELLE FOURCHE MUNI (EFC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7346&lon=-103.8618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5143C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5143C-2022-12-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wattier Lawrence D TORNADO (registry code 05620VC, https://openairdocs.org/model/wattier-lawrence-d-tornado) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TITANTORNADO
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,260 total, 140 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960703021229I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE TRANSITIONING FROM APPROACH TO LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE PREMATURELY. STUDENT INITIATED A GO-AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWNWARD IMPACTING THE GROUND AND BREAKING OFF BOTH MAIN GEAR FIBERGLASS LANDING LEGS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N5143C (1)

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

- [Accident 20020520010389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020520010389A), May 20, 2002: Amtr TORNADO (N5143C), Grant, MI, No damage. (-23) On 05/20/02, amateur built aircraft N5143C, flown by kris j. bawtinheimer took off from wilderness airpark in kent city and enroute to Grant Airport, MI.…

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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