# Incident 20010517011519I: Amtr COZYIII, Santa Fe, NM, May 17, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2001, 20:20 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N296MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N296MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hart Malcom Steele COZY III (registry code 05605BK, https://openairdocs.org/model/hart-malcom-steele-cozy-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COZYIII
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 305 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010517011519I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT ^PRIV^WAS LANDING HIS AMATEUR BUILT/EXPERIMENTAL HART/COZY III AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION N296MH ON RUNWAY 20, SANTA FE AIRPORT, SANTA FE, NM. THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.  ON LANDING ROLLOUT THE PASSENGER INADVERTENLY APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE RUDDER PEDALS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT CORRECTED AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY.  IN THE TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH ^PRIVACY ^ HE STATED THAT THE LOSS OF CONTROL SURPRISED HIM AND AT FIRST DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.  DURING THE LOSS OF CONTROL THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY MARKER SIGN CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE SIGN.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N296MH (1)

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

- [Incident 20020613014639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020613014639I), Jun 13, 2002: Amtr COZYIII (N296MH), Stjohns, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On June 13, 2002 during cruise Mr. Malcolm s. hart a private pilot, certificate number 449621865, owner and operator of a hart/cozy iii, lost power and…

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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