# Incident 20021121031679I: Amtr RV8, Puyallup, WA, November 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2002, 15:05 local time
- Place: Puyallup, WA
- Airport: Pierce County-Thun Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1039° N, 122.2872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIERCE COUNTY/THUN FLD (PLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1039&lon=-122.2872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N511SF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N511SF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sanford William M RV-8 (registry code 05611W8, https://openairdocs.org/model/sanford-william-m-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 2 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021121031679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHEN LANDING AT THUN FIELD, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. PILOT REGAINED CONTROL AND BEGAN TO PARALLEL THE RUNWAY. WITH LIMITED FIELD OF VISION OVER THE NOSE, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE RUNWAY LIGHT BROKE OFF, BUT THE RUNWAY LIGHT ANCHOR BOLT WAS IMMOVEABLE AND TORE OFF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THE LEFT WING THEN CAME TO REST ON THE GROUND.

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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