# Incident 20020313004269I: Amtr VIPERJET, Saint George, UT, March 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Saint George, UT
- Airport: Saint George Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0364° N, 113.5103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST GEORGE RGNL (SGU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0364&lon=-113.5103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N520VF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N520VF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hanchette Scott VIPERJET (registry code 05607UF, https://openairdocs.org/model/hanchette-scott-viperjet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VIPERJET
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 40 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020313004269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING, THE CANOPY POPPED OPEN DUE TO GUSTY WINDS. THE PILOT TAXIED ON THE RUNWAY TO THE NEXT TAXIWAY, AND WHILE TURNING THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED BY A STRONG GUST OF WIND AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N520VF (2)

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

- [Incident 20090411004839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090411004839I), Apr 11, 2009: Amtr VIPERJET (N520VF), Pasco, WA, Minor damage. (-23) This experimental jet powered aircraft was conducting a training flight and was making an approach under gusty conditions. Aircraft got very vertical and…
- [Incident 20000724035179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000724035179I), Jul 24, 2000: Amtr VIPERJET (N520VF), Pasco, WA, Minor damage. (-23)Nose gear collapsed on rollout after landing. Mount weld holding hydraulic actuator in placed failed, thus hydraulic pressure to hold gear in down…

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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