20030617011049I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr MERLIN GT · Anchorage, AK · June 17, 2003

Date
June 17, 2003 · 09:15 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Lake Hood Strip Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N116CH
Reported as
Amtr Merlingt
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total17 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) According to the pilot he was load testing the experimental aircraft per the manufacturer recommendation. During the takeoff the aircraft failed to meet the climb performance as outlined by the manufacturer. The pilot set the aircraft back down on the runway and it veered off to the left and nosed over in a ditch.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS LOAD TESTING THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT PER THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATION. DURING THE TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO MEET THE CLIMB PERFORMANCE AS OUTLINED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE PILOT SET THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND IT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT AND NOSED OVER IN A DITCH.