# Incident 19990626023509I: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Grain Valley, MO, June 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1999, 18:00 local time
- Place: Grain Valley, MO
- Airport: East Kansas City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0146° N, 94.2149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST KANSAS CITY (3GV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0146&lon=-94.2149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1968N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1968N-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chek Carl MARK IV AVID ACFT IN (registry code 05601BF, https://openairdocs.org/model/chek-carl-mark-iv-avid-acft-in) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,640 total, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990626023509I

## Narrative

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

(-5) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, AIRCRAFT BROKE GROUND MOMENTARILY AND THE CABIN DOOR POPPED OPEN. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND MOVING SIDEWAYS. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N1968N (1)

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

- [Accident 20010630017629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010630017629A), Jun 30, 2001: N1968N, Salisbury, MD, No damage. (-23) Aircraft made several high speed taxi's until just lifting off of runway and then aborting the takeoffs. While back taxing on runway 23, the left main…

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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