# Incident 20030705019239I: Amtr BD4, Plant City, FL, July 5, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2003, 11:15 local time
- Place: Plant City, FL
- Airport: Plant City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0002° N, 82.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLANT CITY (PCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0002&lon=-82.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N314FF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N314FF-2017-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fava Albert BD4 (registry code 05607RR, https://openairdocs.org/model/fava-albert-bd4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BD4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 60 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030705019239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED ZEPHYRHILLS AIRPORT (ZPH) ON A CROSS VFR COUNTRY FLIGHT TO PLANT CITY AIRPORT (PCM) PLANT CITY FLORIDA. UPON LANDING AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS RIPPED OUT OF AIRCRAFT. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT TAIL WHEEL FELL OFF AIRCRAFT ON DEPARTURE FROM ZEPHYRHILLS AIRPORT.

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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