20040525013489I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Sonex · Tea, SD · May 25, 2004

Date: May 25, 2004 · 15:30 local
Place: Tea, SD
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N213RM
Reported as: Amtr Sonex
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On may 25, 2004, at approximately 1530 MDT, N213RM, a Sonex/amateur-built aircraft, departed Tea, SD (Y14). During climb out, between 300 and 400 feet AGL, the canopy came open and shattered the plexiglass bubble. The pilot made an emergency landing. The aircraft landed in a muddy field causing minor damage to the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 25, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 MDT, N213RM, A SONEX/AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED TEA, SD (Y14). DURING CLIMB OUT, BETWEEN 300 AND 400 FEET AGL, THE CANOPY CAME OPEN AND SHATTERED THE PLEXIGLASS BUBBLE. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A MUDDY FIELD CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR.