# Incident 19971227043349I: Amtr VELOCITY, St Johns, AZ, December 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1997, 14:30 local time
- Place: St Johns, AZ
- Airport: St Johns Industrial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5004° N, 109.3769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Johns, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5004&lon=-109.3769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34BD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34BD-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jackson Bill C SR VELOCITY RG (registry code 05623A5, https://openairdocs.org/model/jackson-bill-c-sr-velocity-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITY
- Reported engine: CONT IO360G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,015 total, 315 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971227043349I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT ATTEMPTED T/O @ ST. JOHNS, AZ (SJN) AFTER REFUELING. PROP WOULD NOT HANDLE DENS. ALT. (3 BLADED, FIXED PITCH). A/C ROTATED @ 70 MPH, ROSE 2-3 FEET INTO AIR, THEN FELL BACK TO GROUND-NOSE HIGH ON GEAR AND PROP. L/G COLLAPSED AND PROP BROKE AS A/C SKIDDED REMAINDER OF RUNWAY AND BEYOND APPROX. 100 FT. NO INJURIES INCURRED BY EITHER OCCUPANT. A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE AND WAS DISASSEMBLED/TRAILERED BACK TO TULSA, OK FOR REPAIR AND OTHER MAINT. INCLUDING INSTL. OF AN UPGRADED CONSTANT SPEED PROP. A/C WASN'T TRAILERED BACK TO TULSA, OK UNTIL 1-12-98.

## Other reports on N34BD (2)

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

- [Accident 20000509007669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000509007669A), May 9, 2000: Amtr VELOCITYRG (N34BD), Marietta, GA, No damage. (-23) The pilot requested from the tower permission to make a low pass over the runway at RY4. As the aircraft approached runway 27 tower personel observed…
- [Incident 19940325009529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940325009529I), Mar 25, 1994: Amtr VELOCITY (N34BD), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Pilot stated he lost directional control on rollout. Veered off runway. Landing ger fold on rough terrain.

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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