# Incident 20030701021269I: Amtr RV4, Houston, TX, July 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2003, 15:31 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252MD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252MD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Frederick Mark L FREDERICK RV-4 (registry code 056228K, https://openairdocs.org/model/frederick-mark-l-frederick-rv-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 RV4
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 785 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030701021269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT CLEARED FOR "POSITION AND HOLD" RWY 15R AT IAH. DURING TAXI ONTO RUNWAY AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM TAXIWAY AND TRANSPORTED TO GARRETT AVIATION SERVICES, REPAIR STATION #XB1R. THE PILOT IS A 4850 PLUS FLIGHT HOUR, ATP PILOT. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO COUNTER THE WAKE TURBULENCE OF DEPARTING MD-80. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS MINIMAL. THIS INCIDENT CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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