# Accident 20040911024849A: Amtr MERLIN, Kenai, AK, September 11, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2004, 16:40 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5731° N, 151.2450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5731&lon=-151.2450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N354B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N354B-2006-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bailey Marvin F MERLIN G T (registry code 056063E, https://openairdocs.org/model/bailey-marvin-f-merlin-g-t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MERLIN
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 130 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04CA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040911024849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 11, 20O4, ABOUT 16:40 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL BAILEY MERLIN GT AIRPLANE, N354B, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING AN ABORTED LANDING AT THE KENAI AIRPORT, KENAI, ALASKA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY THE OWNER MARVIN BAILEY, AND WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, VFR, ON A PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND LONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT AND THE FAA INVESTIGATOR IN CHARGE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT REALIZED HE HAD MADE SEVERAL ERRORS. HIS FIRST ADMITTED ERROR WAS ACCEPTING A LANDING CLEARANCE WITH A QUARTERING TAILWIND. HIS SECOND ADMITTED ERROR WAS NOT INITIATING A GO AROUND IMMEDIATELY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON HIS INITIAL LANDING AND HE TRIED TO SALVAGE THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AGAIN AT WHICH TIME A GUST YAWED THE AIRCRAFT TO A DIRECT DOWNWIND HEADING. WHEN THE PILOT DID APPLY FULL POWER TO GO AROUND THE AIRCRAFT SANK TO THE GROUND COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR AND DAMAGING THE LEFT WING.

## 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 ANC04CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04CA108), Sep 12, 2004: Bailey Merlin GT (N354B), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during the landing roll, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain during the subsequent aborted landing. A factor associated with…

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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