# Incident 19980419011119I: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Livermore, CA, April 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1998, 07:15 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N702Y-2013-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rogers Paul E AVID BANDIT (registry code 05604ZJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/rogers-paul-e-avid-bandit) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980419011119I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N702Y, AVID BANDIT EXPERIMENTAL, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST AT LIVERMORE, CA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LVK) AFTER EXITING RUNWAY 25L INTO THE GRASS. NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INTENDED FOR FLIGHT.

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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