# Incident 20010523013099I: Amtr SA1025, San Luis Obispo, CA, May 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2001, 12:42 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2373° N, 120.6426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY RGNL (SBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2373&lon=-120.6426&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102EL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N102EL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lund Everett L CAVALIER SA102.5 (registry code 05613K4, https://openairdocs.org/model/lund-everett-l-cavalier-sa102-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SA1025
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 184 total, 3 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010523013099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 23, 2001, AN EXPERIMENTAL KIT BUILT CAVALIER SA102, DEPARTED HOLLISTER AIRPORT (307), AT APPROXIMATELY 1040 LOCAL TIME FOR A PHASE I TEST FLIGHT LIMITED TO 30NM. PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST GEOGRAPHICAL AWARENESS AND BECAME LOST.  AT 1242 LOCAL TIME THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING AT SAN LUIS AIRPORT (SBP) CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY.  A COPY OF THE REPORT IS BEING FORWARDED TO THE OPERATIONS UNIT FOR FURTHER ACTION.

## Other reports on N102EL (1)

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

- [Incident 20040403004719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040403004719I), Apr 3, 2004: Amtr CAVALIER102 (N102EL), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. (-23) After a full length rollout the aircraft went off the left side of runway 31. There was not enough right brake power to keep the aircraft on the runway.

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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