# Accident 20030411005239A: Amtr VENTURE, Fort Payne, AL, April 11, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2003, 11:30 local time
- Place: Fort Payne, AL
- Airport: Isbell Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4737° N, 85.7214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ISBELL FLD (4A9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4737&lon=-85.7214&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGDJF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VENTURE
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030411005239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN SMOOTHLY ON A HEADING OF 040 DEGREES. THE MAIN WHEELS MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE WHEEL WAS HELD OFF THE GROUND FOR 3-4 SECONDS. AFTER THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A CORRECTION WITH THE RIGHT RUDDER AND THE RIGHT BRAKE. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED LEFT OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND THEN EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, CAUSING THE GEAR TO BEND UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK BENT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER AND LANDED ON THE ELEVATOR AND RUDDER ASSEMBLY, CAUSING THE FUSELAGE TO BUCKLE INWARD. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON TOP OF ITS CANOPY WITH THE PILOT TRAPPED IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRPLANE INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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