# Incident 19970319010359I: Amtr HORNET, Phoenix, AZ, March 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1997, 10:54 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N414R-2020-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Roberts Bill HORNET (registry code 05630FL, https://openairdocs.org/model/roberts-bill-hornet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HORNET
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 636 total, 95 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970319010359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 19, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1054 MST, AN EXPERIMENTAL ROBERT'S HORNET, N414R, LANDED ON A PAVED, REMOTE-CONTROL AIRPLANE AIRSTRIP ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF DEER VALLEY AIRPORT, PHOENIX, ARIZONA. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR PROPELLER DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED DURING THE PLEASURE FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DEER VALLEY AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 MST. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A BIRD.

## Other reports on N414R (2)

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

- [Incident 19980704039679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980704039679I), Jul 4, 1998: Amtr HORNET (N414R), Lake Havasu, AZ, Minor damage. (-5)Pilot was flying 600FT AGL when the engine started running rough, the engine quit. Pilot reported that the carburetor shook loose, (vibrated loose). The…
- [Incident 19970622021989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970622021989I), Jun 22, 1997: Amtr HORNET (N414R), Ramona, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on June 22, 1997, at approximately 0745 PDT, george e. stanley departed from a Private landing field located northeast of Ramona, California N414R,…

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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