# Incident 20010606012279I: Amtr RV6, Bay City, MI, June 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Bay City, MI
- Airport: James Clements Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5469° N, 83.8955° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JAMES CLEMENTS MUNI (3CM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5469&lon=-83.8955&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N400BH-2010-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawkins Harry E HAWKINS/VNGSN RV-6 (registry code 05605O9, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawkins-harry-e-hawkins-vngsn-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 45 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010606012279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT N400BH WAS TAKING OFF FROM JAMES CLEMENTS AIRPORT, BAY CITY, MICHIGAN ON JUNE 6, 2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 P.M. PILOT EXPERIENCED A DRAGGING BRAKE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY 05, HIT THE RUNWAY LIGHT AND BROKE THE ATTACHING SPRING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUDDER CONTROL SPRING. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE WEEDS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT AND RECEIVED NO SERIOUS INJURY.

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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