# Incident 20020825023889I: Amtr CHLNGRCLPWNG, Anahuac, TX, August 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2002, 10:30 local time
- Place: Anahuac, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7652° N, 94.6785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anahuac, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7652&lon=-94.6785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61402, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wetherald Raymond Allen CHLNGR CLP WNG SPEC (registry code 05620ZQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/wetherald-raymond-allen-chlngr-clp-wng-spec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CHLNGRCLPWNG
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,246 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020825023889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PHONE CONVERSATION WITH MR. WILSON (8/26/02) PILOT STATED THAT HE AND HIS SON WERE GOING TO MAKE A SHORT FLIGHT IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. ON TAKE OFF EVERYTHING WENT WELL (HE STATED THAT HE WAS CLOSE TO GROSS WEIGHT). FLYING OVER THE BAY THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BEGAN TO LOSE ALTITUDE, PILOT STATED THAT HE APPLIED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE STABLE BUT UNABLE TO GAIN ALTITUDE, AT THAT TIME THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AS CLOSE TO THE SHORE AS POSSIBLE.

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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