# Accident 20060514007029A: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Miles City, MT, May 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2006, 11:30 local time
- Place: Miles City, MT
- Airport: Frank Wiley Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4186° N, 105.8867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4186&lon=-105.8867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N157VM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N157VM-2018-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vander Molen Harold AVID FLYER (registry code 05613XT, https://openairdocs.org/model/vander-molen-harold-avid-flyer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 532 (registry code 55579, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-532) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,617 total, 48 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060514007029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED HIS PRIVATE STRIP AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 A.M. FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. HE TRAVELED TO THE SUNDAY CREEK AIRPORT AND DID A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. ON CLIMB-OUT THE ENGINE OVERSPEEDED AND HE HAD TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING ON A ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE DITCH AND CONTACTED THE LEFT WING.

## 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 SEA06CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA094), May 14, 2006: Harold Vander Avid Flyer (N157VM), Miles City, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the engine to propeller reduction gearbox for undetermined reasons. High vegetation was a factor.

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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