# Incident 19990415039679I: Amtr HARMONRCKT, Tampa, FL, April 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1999, 10:15 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47SR-2002-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jackson Steven Reagan HARMON ROCKET (registry code 05626X6, https://openairdocs.org/model/jackson-steven-reagan-harmon-rocket) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HARMONRCKT
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 70 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990415039679I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 15, 1999, AT 1015 EDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL HARMON ROCKET, N47SR, REGISTERED TO ROCKET FLYERS LLC, WAS BEING TAXIED ON TAXIWAY "S" PER VFR TAXI CLEARENCE TO RUNWAY 27 AT TAMPA INT'L AIRPROT, TAMPA, FL. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  ATIS INDICATED WINDS WAS 190 @ 11 KTS. JUST PASTED INTERSECTION OF "G"E"S" A STRONG WIND LIFTED THE TAIL AND SPUN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND 180.  IN THE PROCESS THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND, CAUSING THE TIPS TO CURL AND THE ENGINE TO STOP.  RAYTHEON MAINTENANCE WAS CONDUCTING A ROUTIEN MAINTENANCE RUNUP DURING THE TIME, WITH THE ENGINES (TAIL SECTION) FACING THE TAXIWAY.  ATC WAS NOT TALKING TO THE HS-125 ON THE RAMP WHEN THE PILOT OF N47SR TAXIED BEHINDE THE HS-125.  NEITHER AIRCRAFT WAS TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER.

## Other reports on N47SR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20001020038899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001020038899A), Oct 20, 2000: Amtr HARMONRCKT (N47SR), Houston, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On October 20, 2000, approx. 1715 CDT, a steven r. jackson harmon rocket ii homebuilt airplane, N47SR, registered to, manufactured and operated by the…

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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