# Incident 20060506007889I: Almqui BUSHMASTERII, Palmetto, FL, May 6, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2006, 15:45 local time
- Place: Palmetto, FL
- Airport: Manatee Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5251° N, 82.5750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmetto, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5251&lon=-82.5750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53BM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53BM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Almquist Rex B BUSHMASTER II (registry code 9570778, https://openairdocs.org/model/almquist-rex-b-bushmaster-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 2200 (registry code 34800, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-2200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALMQUI BUSHMASTERII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 194 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060506007889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 06, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1545 EST, N53BM, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT BUSHMASTER II REGISTERED TO THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE ON LANDING AT AIRPORT MANATEE (48X) IN MANATEE, FLORIDA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM 48X MOMENTS EARLIER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE FLIGHT. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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