# Incident 19970203004799I: Amtr VARIEZ, Knoxville, TN, February 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1997, 12:45 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Knoxville Downtown Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9638° N, 83.8737° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWN ISLAND (DKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9638&lon=-83.8737&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5325 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZ
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 45 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970203004799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF. AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT ROTATE, ABORT INITIATED TOO LATE TO STOP ON RUNWAY. PILOT FAILED TO CONSIDER WT & BAL. FAR 91.103 (B)(2)

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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