# Accident 19970704019929A: Amtrpk TEENIE2, Southern Pines, NC, July 4, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1997, 12:45 local time
- Place: Southern Pines, NC
- Airport: Moore County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1797° N, 79.4604° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1797&lon=-79.4604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9753, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9753-2013-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Moran TEENIE TWO (registry code 0562562, https://openairdocs.org/model/moran-teenie-two) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPK TEENIE2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970704019929A

## Narrative

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

PREMATURE LIFTOFF, SETTLED BACK, BOUNCED AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LEAVING RUNWAY AND COLLIDING WITH RUNWAY SIGN. (-23) PILOT BECAME PREMATURELY AIRBORNE IN GROUND EFFECT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO RUNWAY AND HIGH SINK RATE INDUCED A SERIES OF THREE BOUNCES. AFTER THIRD BOUNCE THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL APPROXIMATELY 35 DEGREES LEFT OF RUNWAY HEADING. AIRCRAFT STRUCK TAXIWAY SIGN WHICH FURTHER YAWED THE AIRCRAFT AN ADDITIONAL 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND CONCURRENTLY SHEARED OFF NOSE WHEEL. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED THROUGH GRASS AND ACROSS TAXIWAY A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 250 FEET, THEN YAWED AN ADDITIONAL 90 DEGREES LEFT AND CAME TO REST. PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA97LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA204), Jul 4, 1997: Moran Teenie TWO (N9753), Pinehurst, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff with a tailwind and improper recovery from a bounced landing. This resulted in a premature lift off, in-flight collision with terrain, on-ground loss of directional…

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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