# Incident 20030308007429I: Amtr MURPHYELITE, Batavia, NY, March 8, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2003, 12:47 local time
- Place: Batavia, NY
- Airport: Genesee County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0318° N, 78.1697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENESEE COUNTY (GVQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0318&lon=-78.1697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N113SM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N113SM-2018-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Murphy Aircraft MFT ELITE (registry code 056064H, https://openairdocs.org/model/murphy-aircraft-mft-elite) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MURPHYELITE
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030308007429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2003, DURING A LANDING AT THE GENESEE COUNTY AIRPORT (GVQ) IN BATAVIA, NY, N113SM, A MURPHY MANUFACTURING MODEL ELITE AIRCRAFT, PILOT BY DR. BERNARD ASHER, WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD, CRASHED APPROXIMATELY MID-POINT ON RUNWAY 28. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES. THE RIGHT GEAR STRUT BROKE AT THE FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT AND THE PROPELLER WAS CURLED BACKWARDS. THE PILOT STATED ALL AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM GVQ, OVERFLEW ATTICA, NY AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT GVQ AT 1230 P.M. WHEN A GUSTING CROSSWIND FROM THE SOUTH (160 DEGREES TO 220 DEGREES) PICKED UP THE LEFT WING AND CAUSED THE RIGHT GEAR TO LAND HARD AND PARTIALLY SEPARATE FROM THE MOUNTING. THE TAIL-WHEELED AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED TO THE RIGHT WHILE THE PROPELLER AND COWL CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ALMOST 180 DEGREES FROM THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. BUFFALO FSS REPORTED AT 1155 A.M., WINDS WERE 220 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS AND AT 1255 P.M., WINDS WERE 210 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. ROCHESTER'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTED AT 1155 A.M., WINDS WERE 190 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS AND AT 12:55 P.M., WINDS WERE 160 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N113SM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110715018109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110715018109A), Jul 15, 2011: Murphy Aircraft Mft Ltd ELITE (N113SM), Batvaia, NY, Destroyed. A witness reported a loss of control just after rotation. The aircraft yawed to the left and departed the paved surface of runway 10, at kgvq (loss of control…

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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