# Incident 20030515011559I: Amtr BD4, Carlsbad, NM, May 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2003, 10:15 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, NM
- Airport: Cavern City Air Trml
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3374° N, 104.2634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAVERN CITY AIR TRML (CNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3374&lon=-104.2634&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84RL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84RL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Knight Roger E BD-4 (registry code 05628VF, https://openairdocs.org/model/knight-roger-e-bd-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BD4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 50 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030515011559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WINDS AT CLOVIS AIRPORT WERE 350 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 24. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 30 WITH A 50 DEGREE CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THEN LANDED HARD CAUSING THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR TO BUCKLE AT THE FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT BOX. THE PROPELLER AND THE RIGHT WINGTIP WAS DAMAGED AFTER THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR LEG BENT UPWARD.

## Other reports on N84RL (1)

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

- [Accident 20020220002799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020220002799A), Feb 20, 2002: Amtr BD4 (N84RL), Kemmerer, WY, No damage. (-23) During take off left main gear struck a standing snow pile to the side of the runway causing aircraft to yaw into a down wind direction accompanied by 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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