# Incident 19980201000869I: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Ann Arbor, MI, February 1, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1998, 20:16 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Ann Arbor Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2229° N, 83.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANN ARBOR MUNI (ARB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2229&lon=-83.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N885WK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 336 total, 180 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980201000869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 01 FEB 98, MODEL AVID FLYER, S/N 885, REG. NO. N885WK, TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 24 AT ANN ARBOR AIRPORT (ARB) AT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN. AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE, A ROTAX 582LC, S/N 3971748, STOPPED. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT, MR. HOWARD S. WILLSON, PRIVATE PILOT CERT. NO. 362344715, MADE A HARD LANDING IN THE SOD BETWEEN RUNWAY 24 AND THE TAXIWAY, AND PUSHED THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR UPWARD AND INWARD INTO THE LOWER LONGERON. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT. ENGINE QUIT FOR UNKNOWN REASON. ENGINE RUNUP NORMAL AFTER INCIDENT.

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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