# Incident 20020825024069I: Amtr BD5B, Fitchburg, MA, August 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2002, 13:45 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Airport: Fitchburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5538° N, 71.7592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FITCHBURG MUNI (FIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5538&lon=-71.7592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15PZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BD5B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020825024069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF TO ALTITUDE OF 50 FEET, DEVELOPED SKIP IN ENGINE, REDUCED POWER AND LANDED HARD BACK ON SAME RUNWAY 32. LANDING WAS TOO HARD AND BROKE FIBERGLASS MAIN GEAR STRUTS OFF AND SKIDDED DOWN RUNWAY ABOUT 500 FEET. PILOT STOPPED ENGINE AND SHUT OFF FUEL AFTER AIRCRAFT STOPPED. (SEE PILOTS SIGNED STATEMENT ATTACHED)

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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