# Incident 19970508012529I: Amtr HIMAX, Murfreesboro, TN, May 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1997, 19:00 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8456° N, 86.3903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Murfreesboro, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8456&lon=-86.3903&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HIMAX
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 96 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970508012529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS MAKING A LOW PASS IN A GRASS FIELD. HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF THE GROUND TO ADJUST ALTIMETER AND MADE CONTACT WITH TALL GRASS WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE-OVER.

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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