# Incident 20040723031479I: Amtr WARF4UCORSAI, Steamboat Spgs, CO, July 23, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2004, 09:30 local time
- Place: Steamboat Spgs, CO
- Airport: Bob Adams Field Routt County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4756° N, 106.8229° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Steamboat Springs, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4756&lon=-106.8229&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4276L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4276L-2012-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Firestone Timothy W WAR F4U (registry code 05626TT, https://openairdocs.org/model/firestone-timothy-w-war-f4u) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR WARF4UCORSAI
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 32 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040723031479I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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