# Accident 20060528008679A: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Grants Pass, OR, May 28, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2006, 12:00 local time
- Place: Grants Pass, OR
- Airport: Josephine County/Grants Pass
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5172° N, 123.3911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5172&lon=-123.3911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N537MF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N537MF-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taplin F G/ Taplin M E AVID FLYER (registry code 05618T8, https://openairdocs.org/model/taplin-f-g-taplin-m-e-avid-flyer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 10 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060528008679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS MAKING A SECOND HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY LEFT THE RUNWAY. HIT POWER LINES 600 FEET FROM ENTRANCE TO AIRPORT WHILE TRYING TO RETURN AND DROPPED INTO FIRE STATION PARKING LOT. MAJOR DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE SLIGHT SCRATCH TO PILOT. FIRE FIGHTERS IN STATION AT TIME OF ACCIDENT HELPED PILOT FROM AIRPLANE. TWO POWER LINES AND ONE POLE DAMAGED CAUSING LOSS OF POWER IN AREA. AIRPLANE HAD 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 SEA06CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA107), May 28, 2006: Taplin Avid Flyer (N537MF), Grants Pass, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for undertermined reasons, resulting in a forced landing and substantial damage to the airplane. A contributing factor was the transmission wire.

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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