20010830024149I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtr BARRACUDA · Madera, CA · August 30, 2001

Date: August 30, 2001 · 09:00 local
Place: Madera, CA
Airport: Madera Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N97LH
Reported as: Amtr Barracuda
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total6 in the last 90 days

N97LHRegistered now · Hurst Lynn E BARRACUDAS/N 001 · Built 2001 Airframe modelHurst Lynn E BARRACUDA Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) With no intention for flight the pilot was conducting the second high speed taxi test of his newly built experimental airplane. At APPROXIMATELY40 mph the pilot added full throttle. The nose rotated shortly thereafter, at which time he retarded the throttle to idle. Very soon after the throttle was retarded the left main and nose gear collapsed. The plane then slid off the runway to the left.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WITH NO INTENTION FOR FLIGHT THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING THE SECOND HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST OF HIS NEWLY BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE. AT APPROXIMATELY40 MPH THE PILOT ADDED FULL THROTTLE. THE NOSE ROTATED SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AT WHICH TIME HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE. VERY SOON AFTER THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PLANE THEN SLID OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT.