# Incident 20030310008959I: Amtr COMPAIR8, Cocoa, FL, March 10, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2003, 15:15 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6116A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6116A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ridge Holdings COMP-AIR 8 (registry code 05610WK, https://openairdocs.org/model/ridge-holdings-comp-air-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter M601 series (registry code 64002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-m601-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COMPAIR8
- Reported engine: WALTER M601E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 150 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/20030310008959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED ABOUT 75 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 11 AT MERRITT ISLAND, FL. (KCOI) IN THE GRASS. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR HIT THE RUNWAY EDGE, THE NOSE GEAR STRUT BENT AND THE NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ABOUT 250 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE PROPELLER AND THE BENT NOSE GEAR STRUT. NO INJURY. MINOR DAMAGE.

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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