# Accident 20031106028479A: Amtr NIEUPORT12, Chandler, AZ, November 6, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2003, 10:24 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2692° N, 111.8111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2692&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124TK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124TK-2017-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thorne R James NIEUPORT 12 (registry code 056119J, https://openairdocs.org/model/thorne-r-james-nieuport-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR NIEUPORT12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 10 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031106028479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PERFORMING A SERIES OF TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 04 LEFT. THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO AROUND ON THE FIRST LANDING BY CONTROL TOWER PERSONNEL DUE AND AIRCRAFT LINGERING ON THE RUNWAY. ON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT THEN LEFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT WHERE THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## 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 LAX04CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA036), Nov 6, 2003: R. James Thorne Nieuport 12 (N124TK), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.

## Other reports on N124TK (1)

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

- [Incident 20021117031659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021117031659I), Nov 17, 2002: Amtr NIEUPORT12 (N124TK), Chandler, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was performing a series of touch and go landings on runway 04 left. On the first landing control tower personnel saw the aircraft veer back and…

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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