# Accident 20020830024009A: Amtr EXPERIMENTAL, Panacea, FL, August 30, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Panacea, FL
- Airport: Wakulla County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9889° N, 84.3953° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9889&lon=-84.3953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9097F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EXPERIMENTAL
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020830024009A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON AUGUST 30, 2002, AT 1500 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A JOHN BARKER EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, N9097F, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, NOSED OVER INVERTED DURING LANDING AT THE WAKULLA COUNTY AIRSTRIP IN PANACEA, FLORIDA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE PRIVATE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT IN MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA, AT 0900. THE PILOT STATED HE FLEW A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 18 AT 70 KNOTS. HE STATED THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AT 60 KNOTS, AND WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED THREE TO FOUR FEET INTO THE AIR. HE STATED THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING AGAIN, AND WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY FLIPPED INVERTED. INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THE NOSE WHEEL WAS SEPARATED, THE TAIL SECTION SUSTAINED CRUSH DAMAGE, AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. (-23) ON AUGUST 30, 2002, AT 1500, A EXPERIMENTAL, N9097F, REGISTERED TO JAMES PERRY WALKER, SHEARED OFF ITS NOSE WHEEL WHILE LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT        WENT INVERTED AT WAKULLA COUNTY AIRPORT (2J0), TURF RUNWAY, PANACEA, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PERRY FOLEY AIRPORT (40J), PERRY FLORIDA ON AUGUST 30, 2002 AT 1330 HOURS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL02LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA164), Aug 30, 2002: Barker Experimental (N9097F), Panacea, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The builders inadequate weld on the nose gear u-shaped bracket, that resulted in the nose wheel strut failure, and subsequent nose over during an attempted landing.

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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