# Accident 20050416007499A: Amtr AVIDMAGNUM, Cando, ND, April 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2005, 12:50 local time
- Place: Cando, ND
- Airport: Cando Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4800° N, 99.2358° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4800&lon=-99.2358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N774CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDMAGNUM
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 15 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050416007499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OF THE AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING TO PREPARE FOR THIS FLIGHT REVIEW IN ACCORDANCE WITH 14 CFR PART 61.56(C) AND DURING A LANDING HE EXPERIENCED A CROSS WIND AND APPLIED INCORRECT CONTROL INPUT AND ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO DRIFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN ENTERED A SMALL DITCH BESIDE THE RUNWAY THAT WAS SOFT AND MUDDY. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. THE PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR AND WINGS WERE DAMAGED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A SMALL BUMP ON HIS HEAD. HE WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF HIS AIRCRAFT, WHICH HE HAD BUILT. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HIS LAST FLIGHT REVIEW HAD OCCURRED IN 2002.

## 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 CHI05CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA098), Apr 16, 2005: Curl Avid Air Magnum (N774CA), Cando, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for the crosswind condition and maintain directional control during landing rollout. Factors to the accident were the crosswind and the muddy drainage ditch.

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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