# Accident 20040630017679A: Amtr TANGO2, Williston, FL, June 30, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Williston, FL
- Airport: Williston Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3542° N, 82.4728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3542&lon=-82.4728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56KC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Crawford William K TEAM TANGO 2 (registry code 05611IU, https://openairdocs.org/model/crawford-william-k-team-tango-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TANGO2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040630017679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06/30/2004, THE OWNER/BUILDER PIC TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT OUT TO R/W 05-23 TO PERFORM THREE HIGH SPEED TAXI RUNS WITH NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT. PRIOR TO THIS, THE PIC AND BOON HARGROVE, THE TEAM TANGO PLANT MANAGER HAD BOTH TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED NO DISCREPANCIES. THE FIRST TAXI RUN WAS UP TO 40 KTS. ON R/W 23. THE SECOND TAXI RUN WAS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON R/W 05 UP TO 60 KTS. THE THIRD RUN WAS ON R/W 23 REACHING AN INDICATED AIRSPEED BETWEEN 60 TO 70 KTS. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT. THE PIC RETARDED THE THROTTLE AND APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE R/W. AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE R/W, THE PIC ADDED POWER AND ROTATED THE AIRCRAFT. IT BECAME AIRBORNE, BUT WALLOWING. THEN IT DESCENDED BACK TO THE GROUND AND THE PIC CUT THE POWER. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, DURING THE GROUND ROLL, THE NOSE LG COLLAPSED AFT AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN WITH IT'S NOSE POINTING TO THE NORTH. THERE WAS NO FIRE. DUE TO IMPACT, THE VERTICAL FIN FAILED TO THE RIGHT, BOTH PROP. BLADES BROKE OFF AND BOTH THE RUDDER AND CANOPY WERE DAMAGED. THE PIC WAS ASSISTED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT BY GROUND PERSONNEL, TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL, AND RELEASED LATER THAT EVENING.

## 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 MIA04CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA104), Jun 30, 2004: William K. Crawford Tango 2 (N56KC), Williston, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during a high speed taxi test resulting in the airplane veering off the left side of the runway, becoming airborne, and nosing…

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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