# Incident 19991022031189I: Amtr KR2, St Charles, MO, October 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1999, 12:25 local time
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Airport: St Charles County Smartt Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9297° N, 90.4300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST CHARLES COUNTY RGNL/SMARTT FLD (SET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9297&lon=-90.4300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N905JW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N905JW-2000-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wynne Joseph A KR-2 (registry code 056051S, https://openairdocs.org/model/wynne-joseph-a-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW2100VOLKS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991022031189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 28, 1999, MR. DENNIS SCHWANDT WAS ACTING AS PILOT OF COMMAND IN AIRCRAFT N905JW. THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST FLIGHT OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT.  MR. SCHWANDT WAS TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 18 WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SEVERE LEFT ROLLING TENDANCY OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH REQUIRED OVER 45 DEGREES OF RIGHT STICK INPUT.  MR. SCHWANDT WAS APPROX. 30 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND WAS IN THE AIR APPROX. 4 TO 6 SECONDS BEFORE REDUCING THE POWER AND LANDING BACK ON THE RUNWAY.  MR. SCHWANDT DECIDED NOT TO EXIT THE TAXIWAY AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE ROLLOUT SPEED AND DECIDED TO TAXI ONTO THE GRASS THRESHOLD.  AFTER LEAVING THE RUNWAY THE LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT SOME ROUGH DIRT WHICH CAUSED THE 4 BOLTS THAT ATTACHES THE GEAR TO THE LANDING GEAR RETRACT SYSTEM TO FAIL, WHICH CAUSED THE GEAR TO COME OFF.  THE WOODEN PROPELLER HAD ONE CRACKED BLADE, AND THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING WAS DAMAGED.

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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