# Accident 20020112002229A: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Rush City, MN, January 12, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2002, 20:30 local time
- Place: Rush City, MN
- Airport: Rush City Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6972° N, 92.9522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RUSH CITY RGNL (ROS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6972&lon=-92.9522&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020112002229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO WITNESSES MR. HAUGEN WAS CONDUCTING TAXI TESTING IN AIRCRAFT. HAD PERFORMED A NUMBER OF HIGHSPEED TAXIS WITH ONE RESULTING IN DEPARTURE FROM END OF RUNWAY INTO GRASS. WITNESSES SPECULATED THAT ON A LATER TAXI TEST A GUST OF WIND RESULTED IN MR. HAUGEN GOING AIRBORNE OFF RUNWAY 34. STATEMENTS RELATE THAT HE CLIMBED, TURNED RIGHT TOWARDS PRISON TO NORTHEAST, THEN HOVERED IN PLACE FOR PERHAPS 15 TO 20 SECONDS BEFORE DESCENDING IN FLAT ATTITUDE INTO GROUND. WITNESSES STATED THAT AFTER IMPACT AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR PERHAPS 100 YARDS BEFORE COMING TO REST IN OPEN AREA 1/4 MILE NE AND ADJACENT TO RUNWAY. PILOT FATALLY INJURED. AIRCRAFT CUT INTO PIECES AND MOVED BEFORE FSDO ARRIVAL AT SCENE. EVIDENCE CONTAMINATED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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