# Accident 19990526021929A: Amtr DELTAKITTEN, Springfield, IL, May 26, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 26, 1999, 19:15 local time - Place: Springfield, IL - Airport: Capital Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10 - Aircraft: N7DY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7DY) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Idler DYKE DELTA JD-2 (registry code 0562359, https://openairdocs.org/model/idler-dyke-delta-jd-2) (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 DELTAKITTEN - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 20 in this make and model - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990526021929A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON MAY 26, 1999, AT 1918 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A IDLER DYKE DELTA JD-2, N7DY, OWNED AND PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 04 (7,999 FEET BY 150 FEET, DRY-GROOVED CONCRETE) AT CAPITAL AIRPORT, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED CAPITAL AIRPORT AT 1912. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING HIS LANDING, THE WIND GUSTED, THE LEFT WING LIFTED AND THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER, HIS RIGHT FOOT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE RIGHT THE PILOT HAD ACCUMULATED APPROXIMATELY 20 HOURS IN THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT. EXAMINATION OF THE RUDDER PEDALS REVEALED THAT THE OBLONG SHAPED FLOOR PLAN FOOT PLACEMENTS HAD BEEN COVERED WITH SHEET METAL. (-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN ON THIS LANDING, THE PILOT STATED THAT A GUST OF WIND BROUGHT THE LEFT WING INTO THE AIR. THE A IRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE RIGHT ON THE RUNWAY SHEARING A BOLT ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHICH RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR BEING BROKEN OFF AND THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSING. PILOT STATES THAT IN COMPENSATING FOR THE RIGHT TURN, HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND UNKNOWINGLY LOCKED UP THE RIGHT BRAKE. ## 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 ## Other reports on N7DY (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20210719011209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210719011209I), Jul 19, 2021: Idler DYKE DELTA JD-2 (N7DY), Springfield, IL, Minor damage. On 7/19/2021AT kspi(Abraham Lincoln regional airport N7DYA a dyke delta I was flying dyke delta s/n 1076I ran off runway 13 upon landing. N7DY had took ff on… - [Incident 20041113032809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041113032809I), Nov 13, 2004: Amtr DYKEDELTAJD2 (N7DY), Hawthorne, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Hawthorne fct forward FAA form 8020-9 informing this office of an incident occuring on 11/13/2004, involving an experimental (dyke delta) aircraft, N7DY… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.