# Incident 19970111005449I: Amtr LAZER200, Mesa, AZ, January 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1997, 17:03 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N295L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N295L-2012-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Laser 200 (registry code 05626X5, https://openairdocs.org/model/laser-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LAZER200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970111005449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JAN 11, 1997, MR. CHRISTOPHER HUEY WAS ON AN AEROBATIC PRACTICE FLIGHT. AFTER PERFORMING SEVERAL MANEUVERS, HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT REQUIRED ADDITIONAL RIGHT AILERON INPUT TO KEEP AIRCRAFT IN LEVEL FLIGHT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION LED MR. HUEY TO NOTICE THE RIGHT AILERON SPADE WAS BENT BACK. MR. HUEY NOTIFIED MESA FALCON TOWER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE RIGHT AILERON SPADE ATTACHMENT ARM HAD CRACKED ABOVE THE "TIG" WELD POINT. THE AILERON SPADE WAS BENT AFT DUE TO THE AERODYNAMIC FORCES PLACED UPON IT CAUSING ROLL INSTABILITY. INCIDENT 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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