# Incident 20031125031379I: Amtr KITTYHAWKFLR, Kill Devil Hill, NC, November 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2003, 10:15 local time
- Place: Kill Devil Hill, NC
- Airport: First Flight Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0176° N, 75.6716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FIRST FLIGHT (FFA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0176&lon=-75.6716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1903M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1903M-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wright Experience WRIGHT KITTY HWK FLR (registry code 056141H, https://openairdocs.org/model/wright-experience-wright-kitty-hwk-flr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITTYHAWKFLR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031125031379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IN PREPARATION FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE WRIGHT BROTHER'S FIRST POWERED FLIGHT, PILOT TERRY LANE QUEIJO, WAS CONDUCTING A TEST FLIGHT OF THE WRIGHT EXPERIENCE WRIGHT FLYER MODEL AIRCRAFT (S/N WE-1) AT 1015 EST ON NOVEMBER 25, 2003. A VACATIONING FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR, JEFF BULMER OF THE AEA-25 FSDO, WITNESSED THE FLIGHT. HE STATED THAT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET OF TAKEOFF ROLL ALONG THE GUIDE RAIL, THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED FOR TAKEOFF AND NOSED OVER INTO THE SAND. THERE WAS MINIMAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A HANGAR FOR REPAIR. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT, INSPECTOR BULMER STATED THAT SHE SAID THAT ALL SEEMED NORMAL ON ROTATION, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT INEXPLICABLY PITCHED OVER. THE AIRCRAFT'S MANUFACTURER, THE WRIGHT EXPERIENCE, IS REVIEWING THE DATA RECORDER INFO.

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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