# Incident 20060504008209I: Amtr MA33MR912, Anchorage, AK, May 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2006, 16:15 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MA33MR912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 700 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060504008209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING ON ROMEO (R) TAXIWAY, THE NOSE WHEEL BRAKE ASSEMBLY COLLAPSED AND THE NOSE FORK DUG INTO THE PAVEMENT. WITH A GUSTY WIND ON HIS TAIL AND WHEN THE NOSE FORK STRUCK THE PAVEMENT, THE WIND PICKED UP THE ULTRALIGHT AND FLIPPED IT OVER, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, BUT THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. HE WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO ENTER THE AIRSPACE AND LAND AT ANCHORAGE BY ANCHORAGE TOWER, BUT IN DOING SO, HE FLEW OVER CONGESTED AREA OF ANCHORAGE. A VIOLATION OF PART 103 REGULATIONS. NOTE: #5 ITEM ON FRONT. NO NTSB CASE NUMBER AS THIS IS AN ULTRALIGHT WITHOUT AN (N) NUMBER.(-23 AMENDMENT) NOTE: THIS IS AN ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT AND DOES NOT HAVE AN "N" NUMBER. NTSB DOES NOT INVESTIGATE THESE, SO THERE ISN'T ANY NTSB CASE NUMBER. INCIDENT WAS FAILURE OF NOSE FORK/BRAKE ASSEMBLY. ONLY BRAKE FOR THE AIRCRAFT IS ON THE NOSE WHEEL. WHEN IT FAILED AND BROKE, THE NOSE FORK STUCK INTO THE PAVEMENT AND WITH THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE ATTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE WIND ON ITS TAIL, THE WIND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER. NO FAULT OF THE PILOT.

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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