# Accident 20030407015189A: Amtr MCR01VLA, Lakeland, FL, April 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2003, 18:30 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9794° N, 82.0242° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9794&lon=-82.0242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6370X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6370X-2014-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ghiles Philippe/American G A MCR-01 VLA (registry code 05607VA, https://openairdocs.org/model/ghiles-philippe-american-g-a-mcr-01-vla) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MCR01VLA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030407015189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF FROM THE GRASS ULTRALIGHT STRIP , DURING SUN-N-FUN AT LAKELAND. AIRCRAFT FAILED TO BECOME AIRBORNE AND PILOT FAILED TO ABORT FLIGHT. PILOT WAS A CFII AND THIS WAS HIS FIRST TAKEOFF ON A GRASS RUNWAY. NO TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE PRELIM INVESTIGATION BY NTSB.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA03LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA085), Apr 7, 2003: Ghiles Philippe/American Ga MCR-01 VLA (N6370X), Lakeland, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command to abort the takeoff after recognizing that the airplane did not become airborne at the calculated point down the runway. A contributing factor in the accident was…

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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