# Incident 20020511010629I: Amtr RV6, Phoenix, AZ, May 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2002, 11:11 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106RJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,116 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020511010629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 11, 2002 A DEWITT VAN'S/RV-6, N106RJ SERIAL NUMBER 20497 LANDED ONE MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 25R AT DEER VALLEY AIRPORT IN PHOENIZ, AZ. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. RICHARD ALBERT DEWITT, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 1428393. THE OWNER STATED THE ENGINE QUIT WHEN HE FAILED TO SWITCH THE FUEL FROM THE RIGHT TANK TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT TANK RAN EMPTY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR, WING TIPS AND FLAPS. NEITHER MR. DEWITT NOR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED.

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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