# Incident 19960729027779I: Amtr HUMMELBIRD, Dodge City, KS, July 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Airport: Dodge City Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7631° N, 99.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DODGE CITY RGNL (DDC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7631&lon=-99.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3033L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3033L-2005-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Roe David HUMMEL BIRD (registry code 05626RH, https://openairdocs.org/model/roe-david-hummel-bird) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HUMMELBIRD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 150 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960729027779I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DAVID NELSON ROE OF SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, PRIVATE PILOT NO.283608500 WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A HUMMEL BIRD, HOME BUILT NO 3033L, LANDED ON RUNWAY 2 AT DODGE CITY, KANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT. AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME, ON JULY 29, 1996 MR. ROE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING AND STRUCK AN AIRPORT RUNWAY SIGN WHICH DID SOME DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGED WAS THE PROP, WING AND LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. MR. ROE WAS ENROUTE FROM SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO TO OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN WITH SEVERAL PLANNED STOPS. THE WEATHER AS REPORTED BY DODGE CITY, KANSAS ASOW AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS SCATTERED CLOUDS, VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 10 MILES, WIND OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AT 9 KNOTS, TEMPERATURE 26 DEGREES C (79 DEGREES F), PRESSURE 30.12 AND STEADY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N3033L (1)

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

- [Incident 19980728035239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980728035239I), Jul 28, 1998: Amtr HUMMELBIRD (N3033L), Omro, WI. (-5)The aircraft departed fonodulac, WI for the eaa fly in at oshgosh, WI. On approaching the fisk intersection he was told to circle once more and his engine…

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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