# Accident 19980718037949A: Amtr 1700RHIMAX, Jamestown, NY, July 18, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1998, 17:45 local time
- Place: Jamestown, NY
- Airport: Chautauqua County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0976° N, 79.2361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamestown, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0976&lon=-79.2361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3546V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3546V-2014-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Miehl David J TEAM HI MAX 1700R (registry code 05605GO, https://openairdocs.org/model/miehl-david-j-team-hi-max-1700r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 1700RHIMAX
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 50 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980718037949A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON SATURDAY JULY 18, 1998, AT APPROX. 1730 (LCL), AT TEAM HI MAX 1700R(HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT) S/N 001 TOOK OFF FROM AT JAMESTOWN AIRPORT (JHW) JAMESTOWN, NY. AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN UN-COMMANDED , UN-CONTROLLABLE LEFT TURN.  THE PILOT STATED THE HE FELT HE WAS NOT IN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THEN UNTIL IMPACT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UPRIGHT ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS NOT INJURED.             (.4) THE PILOT/BUILDER BEGAN THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 25 IN HIS EXPERIMENTAL HOME-BUILT AIRPLANE WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND THAT GUSTED TO 18 KNOTS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER ROTATION THE AIRPLANE BEGAN AN UNCOMMANDED LEFT TURN THAT HE COULD NOT CONTROL WITH THE AILERON. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED LEFT AND THE AIRSPEED FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 20 AND 40 KNOTS THROUGHOUT THE DESCENDING TURN. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEFT SKIDDING TURN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 25. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT REPORTED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES WITH THE AIRPLANE AND THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY LIFTING OFF AT A HIGHER AIRSPEED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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