# Incident 20030315008749I: Amtr AVIDFLYMKIV, Smithville, TX, March 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2003, 18:23 local time
- Place: Smithville, TX
- Airport: Smithville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0088° N, 97.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smithville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0088&lon=-97.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61410, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61410-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Anderson John H AVID FLYER MK 4 (registry code 05611AO, https://openairdocs.org/model/anderson-john-h-avid-flyer-mk-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYMKIV
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030315008749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS FLYING DOWNWIND LEFT OF AIRPORT RUNWAY PATTERN, WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANED IN A FIELD NEAR THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL IN THE FIELD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, FIRE, OR OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N61410 (1)

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

- [Accident 20120326004249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120326004249A), Mar 26, 2012: Anderson John H AVID FLYER MK 4 (N61410), Waxhaw, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. 63 Year old male purchased experimental airplane in February, 2012. The only occupant of his airplane was involved in a fatal accident while attempting a…

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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