# Incident 20041022026619I: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Beatrice, NE, October 22, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2004, 13:00 local time
- Place: Beatrice, NE
- Airport: Beatrice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3013° N, 96.7541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEATRICE MUNI (BIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3013&lon=-96.7541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64TM-2013-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mason William Brent DRAGONFLY (registry code 05644TF, https://openairdocs.org/model/mason-william-brent-dragonfly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRAGONFLY
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 390 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041022026619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 22, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CDT, MASON DRAGONFLY, N64TM, SERIAL NUMBER: 958, EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING TOUCHDOWN AT THE BEATRICE, NEBRASKA, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PIC REPORTED A SEVERE DOWNDRAFT DURING THE LANDING FLARE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO CONTACTING RUNWAY 17. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE PIC OR PASSENGER. WEATHER INFORMATION: 1245 CDT: WINDS 190 GUSTING 27-33. 1300 CDT: WINDS 180 GUSTING 20-27. THE PIC HAS BEEN ENDORSED FOR THE OPERATION OF TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N64TM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020722021079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020722021079I), Jul 22, 2002: Amtr DRAGONFLY (N64TM), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. (-23) On July 22, 2002 at 1831 CDT, a Dragonfly mkii, N64TM, operated by kenneth a. laughlin, at the Oshkosh airport (osh), Oshkosh, WI, flared high and landed…

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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