# Incident 20000330004109I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Bakersfield, CA, March 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2000, 11:30 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14EK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14EK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kruger John GLASAIR III (registry code 05608OK, https://openairdocs.org/model/kruger-john-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- Pilot flight hours: 2,702 total, 117 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000330004109I

## Narrative

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

ON 3/30/00, N14EK, KRUGER SH-3R GLASAIR III AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, OPERATING UNDER 49 CFR PART 91 UNDER VMC WEATHER CONDITIONS WAS TAKING OFF AT BAKERSFIELD, CA. MEADOWS FLD. RW 30 INTERSECTION ECHO. WHILE THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND MOMENTARY RIGHT BRAKE WAS USED TO PULL THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO CENTERLINE.  THE SERIES OF THESE EVENTS CLIMAXED WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR.  THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## Other reports on N14EK (1)

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

- [Incident 20051120028929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051120028929I), Nov 20, 2005: Amtr GLASAIRIII (N14EK), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On Sunday November 20, 2005, at approximately 1300 PST, a glasair iii, N14EK owned and operated by the pilot [privacy data omitted] landed at Meadows…

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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