# Incident 20050724021359I: Amtr TRIKE, Mora, MN, July 24, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2005, 16:18 local time
- Place: Mora, MN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8770° N, 93.2903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mora, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8770&lon=-93.2903&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TRIKE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050724021359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ A NON-PILOT, WAS TAXIING HIS SABRE TO TEST HIS NEW RUNWAY THAT WAS RECENTLY CREATED ON HIS PROPERTY, NEAR HIS HOME. AFTER A FEW PASSES UP AND DOWN THE RUNWAY, HE INVITED HIS SON-IN-LAW TO RIDE WITH HIM AS HE TAXIIED. AFTER A FEW PASSES UP AND DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE SABRE BECAME AIRBORNE. WANTING TO LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ BEGAN TO TURN BACK TOWARDS THE RUNWAY. DURING THE TURN, THE SABRE STALLED AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND, CAUSING THE SABRE TO CRASH. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. BECAUSE THE SABRE HAD TWO OCCUPANTS DURING FLIGHT, IT NO LONGER QUALIFIED AS AN ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE, MAKING IT AN UNREGISTERED AIRCRAFT. THIS FLIGHT WAS THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ FIRST FLIGHT WITHOUT AN INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD AND ALSO HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN HIS SABRE. HE HAD TAKEN ABOUT 12 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN AN ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE FROM A QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR BUT HE HAD NEVER FLOWN SOLO. HE INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT INTEND TO FLY HIS SABRE THAT DAY, ONLY TAXI IT ON HIS NEW RUNWAY. DUE TO HIS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND FAMILIARITY WITH HIS SABRE, HE ACCIDENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE WHEN HE DID NOT INTEND  TO FLY. ONCE AIRBORNE, HE HAD LITTLE OR NO SKILLS TO SAFELY FLY THE SABRE, THUS CAUSING HIS ACCIDENT.

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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