# Incident 20050415008659I: Amtr EUROPACLASIC, Watsonville, CA, April 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2005, 13:10 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7854M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7854M-2017-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Adrian George W EUROPA-CLASSIC (registry code 05614JG, https://openairdocs.org/model/adrian-george-w-europa-classic) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EUROPACLASIC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 549 total, 12 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050415008659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 15, 2005, AT ABOUT 1310 LOCAL TIME, IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT OF N7854M AN EXPERIMENTAL EUROPA-CLASSIC, DEPARTED WATSONVILLE AIRPORT FOR SOME PATTERN WORK AND LOCAL FLYING. ON DOWNWIND THE PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED DURING PRE-LANDING CHECK BY MONITORING OF THE COMPASS AND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD PERFORMED CALIBRATION OF THE VERTICAL CARD COMPASS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. *REPORT GIVEN TO OPERATIONS UNIT.

## Other reports on N7854M (2)

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

- [Accident 20170505009179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170505009179A), May 5, 2017: Adrian George W EUROPA-CLASSIC (N7854M), Wellington, KS, Substantial damage. While practicing takeoffs and landings, on his last approach the pilot stalled the aircraft at approximately 6 feet above the runway, resulting in a hard…
- [Incident 20061105024499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061105024499I), Nov 5, 2006: Amtr EUROPACLASIC (N7854M), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On November 5, 2006, at about 1300 local time, in a statement from the pilot of N7854M an experimental europa-classic, was flying pattern work at Palo…

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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