# Accident 20051230031699A: Amtr AVIDFLYMKIV, California City, CA, December 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2005, 14:20 local time
- Place: California City, CA
- Airport: California City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1511° N, 118.0167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1511&lon=-118.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99BK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99BK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ismael George B AVID FLYER MARK IV (registry code 05618WY, https://openairdocs.org/model/ismael-george-b-avid-flyer-mark-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYMKIV
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,257 total, 45 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051230031699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 30, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 HOURS PST, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF N99BK, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AVID FLYER MARK IV, LOST CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF AT CALIFORNIA CITY AIRPORT (L71), CALIFORNIA CITY, CA, ON RUNWAY 24 WITH A WIND OF APPROXIMATELY 285 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 20. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE WHEELS CAUGHT IN THE SOFT GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 LAX06CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA074), Dec 30, 2005: Avid Mark IV (N99BK), California City, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind and failure to maintain directional control of the airplane on takeoff.

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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