# Incident 19970402009539I: Amtr EUROPAMONO, Jacksonville, FL, April 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1997, 17:58 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6173K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6173K-2000-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tankersley Perry G EUROPA MONO-WHEEL (registry code 05602TY, https://openairdocs.org/model/tankersley-perry-g-europa-mono-wheel) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EUROPAMONO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970402009539I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF A HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT. THE ENGINE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. PILOT RETURNED TO CRAIG AIRPORT AND WAS OVERLY CONCERNED AND PREOCCUPIED WITH ENGINE OVER HEATING PROBLEM. AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED AND ON TOUCHDOWN ONE PROP TIP STRUCK RUNWAY. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6173K (1)

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

- [Accident 19980221001619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980221001619A), Feb 21, 1998: Amtr EUROPAMONO (N6173K), Fernandina Beac, FL, Substantial damage. Porpoised on climbout banked left. Stalled nosed down. Impacted runway. Indicates pilot unfamiliar with controls. (.4)a witness stated that the airplane had to…

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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