# Accident 20031019027459A: Amtr KOLBMK3, Prineville, OR, October 19, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Prineville, OR
- Airport: Prineville Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2883° N, 120.9056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRINEVILLE (S39), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2883&lon=-120.9056&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KOLBMK3
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,730 total, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031019027459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO VERBAL AND WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM THE PILOT ROBERT WOLVERTON AND AIRPORT MANAGER ELDIN NIMMO: ON 10/19/03 @ 1100, ROBERT D. WOLVERTON (PP CERT# 524380395) WAS ATTEMPTING A HIGH SPEED TAXI AND FLIGHT TEST OF A KOLB MK III S/N-065 ON RUNWAY 28 (EAST TO WEST) LOCATED AT THE PRINEVILLE AIRPORT. FOLLOWING INITIAL ENGINE RUN UP MR. WOLVERTON MADE RADIO CONTACT WITH AIRPORT OPERATIONS (ELDIN NIMMO) AND STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING A "HIGH SPEED TAXI", MR. WOLVERTON GAINED FORWARD SPEED AND LAUNCHED APPROXIMATELY 5' AGL FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY UNSTABLE LOW TAIL AND HARD LANDING. SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST HARD LANDING MR. WOLVERTON ATTEMPTED A TEST FLIGHT, AFTER GAINING FORWARD SPEED THE PLANE TOOK TO FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 20' AGL FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY UNSTABLE LOW TAIL AND PILOT COMMANDED ENGINE SHUT DOWN RESULTING IN A CRASH. THE THIRD LAUNCH, APPROXIMATELY 5' AGL, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED, TAKING THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 20' OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 28.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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