# Incident 20030924022399I: Amtr EUROPAXS, Everett, WA, September 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2003, 10:45 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Airport: Snohomish County - Paine Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9790° N, 122.2021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everett, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9790&lon=-122.2021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N229WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N229WC-2007-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shaw Clifford Charles EUROPA XS MONOWHEEL (registry code 05613IT, https://openairdocs.org/model/shaw-clifford-charles-europa-xs-monowheel) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EUROPAXS
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912S4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 13 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030924022399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MISJUDGED THE LANDING, HITTING THE MAIN WHEEL VERY HARD AND SLIDING OFF THE RUNWAY. THE MAIN WHEEL BROKE, TWO PROPELLER BLADES BROKE AND ONE WING TIP WAS DAMAGED. INSPECTORS DETERMINED IT WAS AN INCIDENT. A TOWER CONTROLLER AT PAINE FIELD STATED THAT THIS PILOT HAS HAD MANY PROBLEMS LANDING THIS AIRCRAFT ON PAST ATTEMPTS.

## Other reports on N229WC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060723026629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060723026629A), Jul 23, 2006: Amtr EUROPAXS (N229WC), Oshkosh, WI, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Pilot was complying with ATC instructions to "keep it in tight." From a close downwind, he initiated a short base. He entered a steeply banked turn to…

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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