# Incident 19980206004559I: Amtrli WHTLIGHTING, Binghamton, NY, February 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: Edwin A Link Field-Broome Cty
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1013° N, 75.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1013&lon=-75.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRLI WHTLIGHTING
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980206004559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY, 6, 1998 AT 1630 EST A WHITE LIGHTNING KIT, MODEL RAM SI, EXPERIMENTAL/AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT, N105D, REGISTERED TO JOHN A. DRAMESI, NOSED OVER INTO THE GRASSY AREA NEAR TAXIWAY KILO AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT THE EDWIN A. LINK/BROOME COUNTY AIRPORT, NY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TEMPORARILY BLINDED BY THE SUN, AND THEREFORE WENT OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO THE MUD, WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SOMERSET COUNTY AIRPORT, PA AT 1530 EST. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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