# Incident 20030107007719I: Amtr COMPAIR7, Deland, FL, January 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2003, 12:15 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57TR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57TR-2018-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rose Tommy COMP AIR 7 (registry code 056076G, https://openairdocs.org/model/rose-tommy-comp-air-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COMPAIR7
- Reported engine: WALTER M601*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 75 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030107007719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES FROM DELAND AIRPORT HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL IMBALANCE PROBLEM. HE NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT WING HAD MORE FUEL THAN THE LEFT WING. PILOT INDICATED THAT HE SHUT OFF THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE FOR THE LEFT WING TO HELP WITH THE IMBALANCE PROBLEM. APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES LATER THE PILOT GOT A LOW FUEL FROM THE HEADER TANK. THE PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY OPENED THE LEFT FUEL SELECTOR VALVE AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. ON DOWNWIND FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 05 INTO DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL IMBALANCE HAD BECOME A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. UPON LANDING AT 70 KTS PILOT WAS APPLYING FULL LEFT AILERON. WITH A 10 KT QUARTERING CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT, PILOT INDICATED HE COULD NO LONGER MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND CONTINUED DOWN RUNWAY 387 FEET (ON RIGHT MAIN GEAR ONLY) BEFORE DEPARTING RUNWAY AND STRIKING TAXIWAY B MARKER WITH RIGHT MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THROUGH GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAY 05 AND PARKING RAMP (ON RIGHT MAIN GEAR) FOR 250 FEET. WHEN LEFT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE ENTIRE MAIN LANDING GEAR SYSTEM SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON BELLY AFTER SLIDING AN ADDITIONAL 35 FEET.

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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