# Accident 20020609012079A: Amtr NIEUPORTII, Independence, OR, June 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2002, 10:50 local time
- Place: Independence, OR
- Airport: Independence State Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8672° N, 123.1982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDEPENDENCE STATE (7S5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8672&lon=-123.1982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N132DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N132DL-2008-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lewis Doyle L NIEUPORT 11 (registry code 05612IF, https://openairdocs.org/model/lewis-doyle-l-nieuport-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR NIEUPORTII
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020609012079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER INITIAL TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT STARTING LOSING POWER, APPROXIMATELY 3.4 MILE FROM AIRFIELD. PILOT TURNED BACK TOWARDS THE FIELD AT 1100 FEET WITH THE ENGINE NOW DOWN TO 2000 RPM. AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE PAVED RUNWAY IN THE GRAVEL SECTION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A SLIP CAUSING THE RIGHT LOWER WING TO DIG INTO THE GROUND. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER THE SIDELOADS WERE APPLIED TO THE GEAR. THE AIRPLANE THEN FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK, CRUSHING THE FULL FLYING RUDDER. DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME WAS TO THE LANDING GEAR, SPOKED WHEELS, RUDDER, RIGHT LOWER WING, FUSELAGE LOWER RIGHT LONGERON (WHERE THE LANDING GEAR ATTACHES TO THE LONGERON TUBE), AND THE LEFT TOP WING OUTER TIP BOW.

## 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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