# Incident 20030606011799I: Amtr KITFOXIV, Erie, CO, June 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2003, 10:40 local time
- Place: Erie, CO
- Airport: Tri-County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0403° N, 105.0383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erie, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0403&lon=-105.0383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16KC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Specht Stanley V KITFOX IV SPEEDSTER (registry code 05609JI, https://openairdocs.org/model/specht-stanley-v-kitfox-iv-speedster) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXIV
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 925 total, 480 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030606011799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. SPECHT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT ERIE AIRPARK ON JUNE 6, 2003, WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. ON THE THIRD LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT ROLL-OUT, HE FELT THE LEFT GEAR BEGIN TO GO OUTWARD. THEN HIS AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE WELD HAD GIVEN WAY ON THE LEFT GEAR STRUT. THE DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR AND TOTAL COST FOR REPAIR IS $360.00.

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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