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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Avidflyer · Harrisville, RI · July 10, 1997

Date
July 10, 1997 · 16:30 local
Place
Harrisville, RI
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N459WS
Reported as
Amtr Avidflyer
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX582
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
81 total14 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: student pilot was practicing a takeoff in his yard. He aborted takeoff, hit a rut, and nosed over. The aircraft came to rest on its back.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING A TAKEOFF IN HIS YARD. HE ABORTED TAKEOFF, HIT A RUT, AND NOSED OVER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS BACK.