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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Amtr WARF4UCORSAI · Steamboat Spgs, CO · July 23, 2004

Date: July 23, 2004 · 09:30 local
Place: Steamboat Spgs, CO
Airport: Bob Adams Field Routt County
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N4276L
Reported as: Amtr WARF4UCORSAI
Reported engine: Lycoming O320A1A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 110 total32 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N4276LRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Firestone Timothy W WAR F4US/N 514 · Built 1995 Airframe modelFirestone Timothy W WAR F4U Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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) Pilot/owner of this aircraft was conducting a taxi-test to evaluate recent installation of a speed brake system on the aircraft. There was no intent to fly. Pilot lost directional control while taxiing on runway 32 at an approximate speed of 40-45 mph. The new speed brake system had not yet been activated. Although the tail was down and directional control was re-established on a track parallel with the runway centerline, the aircraft hit a distance marker on the left side of the runway. (The distance marker indicated 3000 feet of runway remaining, according to the pilot). The aircraft then left the runway and turned upside down. The pilot/owner said the aircraft is destroyed. No further action taken. Unable to obtain injury summary from ASI.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT/OWNER OF THIS AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING A TAXI-TEST TO EVALUATE RECENT INSTALLATION OF A SPEED BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO INTENT TO FLY. PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE TAXIING ON RUNWAY 32 AT AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 40-45 MPH. THE NEW SPEED BRAKE SYSTEM HAD NOT YET BEEN ACTIVATED. ALTHOUGH THE TAIL WAS DOWN AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS RE-ESTABLISHED ON A TRACK PARALLEL WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, THE AIRCRAFT HIT A DISTANCE MARKER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. (THE DISTANCE MARKER INDICATED 3000 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT). THE AIRCRAFT THEN LEFT THE RUNWAY AND TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT/OWNER SAID THE AIRCRAFT IS DESTROYED. NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN. UNABLE TO OBTAIN INJURY SUMMARY FROM ASI.