# Incident 20050316003829I: Amtr A500, Ft Myers, FL, March 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2005, 21:08 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N502AX-2008-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Adam Aircraft Industries A500 (registry code 05614IQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/adam-aircraft-industries-a500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-E (registry code 17247, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR A500
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050316003829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 16, 2005, AT 2110 LOCAL TIME AN ADAMS A500, REGISTERED TO ADAMS AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 AT FT MYERS PAGE FIELD (FMY) WITH A PARTIAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED ABOUT 2000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY WHEN THE TOWER OPERATOR NOTICED SPARKS COMING FROM UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 1500 TO 2000 FEET FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY. DUE TO THE PARTIAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE THE LANDING GEAR HAD TO BE EXTENDED USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR SHOW COMPLIANCE TO THE FAR'S WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED. THE ACO AND MIDO THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS CERTIFICATION PROJECT HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND THEY AREA INVESTIGATING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER ABOARD WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE SAME FIELD THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE.

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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