# Incident 19981010032619I: Amtr RV6A, Phoenix, AZ, October 10, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1998, 12:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Williams Gateway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Horn Marvin E VANS RV 6A (registry code 05608RJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/horn-marvin-e-vans-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 440 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981010032619I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING/TAXIING PILOT STARTED A L/H TURN TO RAMP AND THE NOSE WHEEL'STUBULAR STRUT BROKE IN HALF. A/C FELL DOWN ON IT'S NOSE WITH ENGINE @ IDLE. WOODEN PROP STRUCK GOUND, OTHER DAMAGE TBD. VISUALLY, A/C APPEARED OK NO INJURIES, NO FIRE-MINOR DAMAGE. A/C PILOT WERE NOT WAIVER/PERFORMER PARTICIPANT, ONLY FLY-BY GROUP ATTENDEE.

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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