# Accident 20030727014329A: Amtr LANCAIRIVP, Las Vegas, NV, July 27, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2003, 10:45 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2111° N, 115.1958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2111&lon=-115.1958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N499R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIVP
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 60 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030727014329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE DEPARTING RUNWAY 30L AT VGT, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ROTATED AND THE AIRCRAFT DID LIFT OFF BUT THEN IT SETTLED BACK TO THE RUNWAY AND HE CONTINUED HIS TAKEOFF ROLL, HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT OFF AGAIN, AND AGAIN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK TO THE RUNWAY BUT THIS TIME HE FELT THAT HE WAS IN WAKE TURBULENCE AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND HARD ENOUGHT TO COLLAPSE THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE UNTIL IT LEFT THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT WAS NOT SURE OF THE TYPE AIRCRAFT THAT DEPARTED IN FRONT OF HIM BUT HE STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A "CAUTION WAKE TURBULENCE" FROM THE TOWER BUT THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD WAITED LONG ENOUGH. (THE VGT TOWER SUPERVISOR STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT THAT DEPARTED BEFORE HIM WAS A DORNIER 228).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX03LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA245), Jul 27, 2003: Hogarty Lancair IV P (N499R), North Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's premature lift-off before airspeed was attained resulting in a stall. A factor associated with the accident was a high density altitude.

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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