# Incident 20020619019309I: Amtr VP1, Westhampton Bea, NY, June 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2002, 06:30 local time
- Place: Westhampton Bea, NY
- Airport: The Francis S Gabreski Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8436° N, 72.6318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANCIS S GABRESKI (FOK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8436&lon=-72.6318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N981GP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N981GP-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pardo Gonzalo I EVANS VP-1 (VOLKSPL) (registry code 05606N6, https://openairdocs.org/model/pardo-gonzalo-i-evans-vp-1-volkspl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VP1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020619019309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT WEST HAMPTON/GABRESKI AIRPORT, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BECAME ERRATIC IN HANDLING. PILOT LOST CONTROL AND DECIDED TO LAND ON THE GRASS SHOULDER OF THE RUNWAY. ON IMPACT, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SHATTERING BOTH BLADES, THE FIXED LANDING GEAR BROKE AND FOLDED PUNCTURING A LARGE HOLE IN THE UNDERSIDE OF THE R/H WING. PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

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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