# Incident 20010609015729I: Amtr PIETENPOLAIR, Gainesville, TX, June 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Gainesville, TX
- Airport: Gainesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6522° N, 97.1973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE MUNI (GLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6522&lon=-97.1973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4612, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4612-2003-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Miller Monte PIETENPOL AIR-CAMPER (registry code 05604SS, https://openairdocs.org/model/miller-monte-pietenpol-air-camper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter NZ (registry code 64001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-nz) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PIETENPOLAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010609015729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 9, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HOURS, MR. MILLER, WHO WAS OPERATING A PIETEN POL EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE N4612, ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 35 AT GAINESVILLE AIRPORT, TEXAS. DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKEOFF ROLE, THE RIGHT WING LIFTED DUE TO A RIGHT CROSS WIND AND CAME DOWN AND CONTACTED THE GROUND, DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING TIP AND PROPELLER.

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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