# Incident 19961015037589I: Amtr CHALLENGERII, Cullman, AL, October 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Cullman, AL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1769° N, 86.8407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cullman, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1769&lon=-86.8407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42883, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42883-2016-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Frye Doug CHALLENGER II (registry code 05626VZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/frye-doug-challenger-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CHALLENGERII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 99 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961015037589I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROX. 1700 CST MR. FRYE TAXIED HIS CHALLENGER II FOR AN INTERSECTION TAKEOFF ON A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP 10 MI. SOUTH OF CULLMAN AIRPORT. HE ENTERED THE RUNWAY AT 465', STARTED A TAKEOFF ROLL OF APPROX. 100'. AFTER ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT FLEW DOWNFIELD APPROX. 528' AND TO APPROX. 75' AGL DRIFTING RT. OF CENTERLINE. DURING THIS TIME THE PILOT RECOGNIZED THERE WAS NO FORWARD CONTROL STICK AUTHORITY AND REALIZED THE AFT SEATBELT HAD BEEN LEFT AROUND THE STICK (LATCHED) TO SERVE AS A GROUND CONTROL GUST LOCK, THE NOSE REMAINED ABNORMALLY NOSE-HIGH AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO FREE THE STICK OF THE BELT RESTRICTION. HE THEN DECREASED POWER AND THE NOSE DROPPED ABRUPTLY. HE THEN REAPPLIED POWER AND REGAINED A NOSE-HIGH ALTITUDE WHILE FALLING FROM 75' AGL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE EDGE OF A TREE LINE 1093' DOWN FIELD AND 141' RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. WITH THE NOSE APPROX. 120 DEGREE RIGHT OF RUNWAY HEADING (300 DEGREES). THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MOVED TO A NEARBY HANGAR FOR REPAIR. MR. FRYE WAS COUNSELED 23 OCT 96 ON THE APPLICABLE FAR'S AND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION. HE PRESENTED SUBSTANTIAL CORRECTIVE ACTION AND WAS PRESENTED WITH INFORMATION TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN "WINGS" PROGRAM AND FLIGHT CLINICS. HE WAS TOLD AND THE CASE WAS CLOSED.

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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