# Incident 20020415008839I: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Fairhope, AL, April 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2002, 12:00 local time
- Place: Fairhope, AL
- Airport: Fairhope Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5190° N, 87.8792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairhope, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5190&lon=-87.8792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N625AB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N625AB-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bono Anthony J AVID FLYER (registry code 0561669, https://openairdocs.org/model/bono-anthony-j-avid-flyer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020415008839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF HE CLIMBED TO 1500 FEET. THEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO MISS A COUPLE OF TIMES. HE THEN TURNED TOWARD THE AIRPORT, AS HE COMPLETED A 180 DEGREE TURN, THE ENGINE QUIT. HE ATTEMPTED A RESTART, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRFIELD SO HE LANDED IN A FIELD. THE FIELD HAD 3 FEET OF STANDING RYE GRASS WHICH ENTANGLED AROUND THE LANDING GEAR AND CAUSED IT TO FLIP OVER. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.

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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