19970111009639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrtl Jennyreplica · Tucson, AZ · January 11, 1997

Date
January 11, 1997 · 13:00 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Ryan Field Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8100X
Reported as
Amtrtl Jennyreplica
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total111 in this make and model80 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: on January 11, 1997, at 1300 hours mountain standard time, an experimental homebuilt "jenny", N8100X, was taxiing back to the hangar at Ryan field, AZ when the aircraft left the hard surface and sunk into the wet ground, stopping all forward movement and broke one of the wooden landing struts. The aircraft was owned and operated by stephen c. parkman, and was being flown by the pilot for a local area personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, including calm wind conditions. The aircraft incurred minor damage. The certificated private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated from Ryan field at 1200 on the day of the incident as a local traffic pattern practice flight.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 11, 1997, AT 1300 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT "JENNY", N8100X, WAS TAXIING BACK TO THE HANGAR AT RYAN FIELD, AZ WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE HARD SURFACE AND SUNK INTO THE WET GROUND, STOPPING ALL FORWARD MOVEMENT AND BROKE ONE OF THE WOODEN LANDING STRUTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY STEPHEN C. PARKMAN, AND WAS BEING FLOWN BY THE PILOT FOR A LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, INCLUDING CALM WIND CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM RYAN FIELD AT 1200 ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT AS A LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN PRACTICE FLIGHT.