# Incident 20000722021779I: Amtr MONNETTMONI, Thomaston, GA, July 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Thomaston, GA
- Airport: Thomaston-Upson County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9550° N, 84.2641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THOMASTON-UPSON COUNTY (OPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9550&lon=-84.2641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9150J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9150J-2013-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rothenbach Charles R MONNETT MONI (registry code 05659AL, https://openairdocs.org/model/rothenbach-charles-r-monnett-moni) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MONNETTMONI
- Reported engine: IAME KFM107
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1 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/20000722021779I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED UPON TAKOEFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 50 MPH AND APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET ALTITUDE AND A DOWNWIND WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED OUT OF THE SKY AND HAD HARD LANDING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND RIGHT WING TIP CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED AND DISASSEMBLED PRIOR TO THE FAA BEING NOTICED.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE DAMAGE AS STATED BY THE PILOT, AND NO OTHER UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.  THE PILOT OWNER POINTED OUT THAT THE PITOT TUBES FOR THE AIRSPEED INDICATION WAS IN THE SLIPSTREAM OF THE PROPELLER.  WHEN THE PILOT WAS ASKED OF THE AIRSPEED SHOWED AN INDICATION DURING RUN UP HE INDICATED IT DIDN'T.  THIS AIRCRAFT IS OF THE MOTORIZED GLIDER DESIGN.

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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