# Accident 20030930024869A: Amtr AVIDMAGNUM, Kooskia, ID, September 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2003, 08:30 local time
- Place: Kooskia, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.1167° N, 115.9667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1167&lon=-115.9667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1214W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1214W-2006-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wood Robert D AVID MAGNUM (registry code 05603V2, https://openairdocs.org/model/wood-robert-d-avid-magnum) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDMAGNUM
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,420 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030930024869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. WOOD, OWNER AND BUILDER OF N1214W WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON HIS 45 ACRE RANCH AND DURING A GO AROUND ATTEMPT HIT A POWER POLE THAT IS TO ONE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. RUNWAY IS ABOUT 600 FEET IN LENGTH AND HAD ABOUT 100 FEET OF FLAT SURFACE. THE REMAINING PART OF THE RUNWAY FALLS OFF INTO A RAVINE AND IS ABOUT A 8% GRADE. LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED AT THE LOW END UPHILL. MR. WOOD FAILED TO ARREST HIS DESCENT AND BEGAN A SLIGHT CLIMB TO MATCH THE RUNWAY. HE BOUNCED AND ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND. THE TORQUE OF THE ENGINE PULLED HIM TO THE LEFT AND HE HIT THE GUY WIRE TO THE POWER POLE, BROKE THE GUY WIRE AND THEN HIT THE POLE WITH THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. THIS SPUN HIM TO THE LEFT AND THE AIRCRAFT FELL TAIL FIRST INTO ANOTHER RAVINE. FUSELAGE WAS BROKEN FORWARD OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS TOP.

## 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 SEA03LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA199), Sep 30, 2003: Wood Avid Magnum (N1214W), Kooskia, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing which led to a loss of control.

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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