20060622012879A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Challengerii · Emmett, ID · June 22, 2006

Date
June 22, 2006 · 18:30 local
Place
Emmett, ID
Airport
Emmett Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Amtr Challengerii
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Uncertificated pilot took off from an airport in an unregistered, uncertificated aircraft with the flaporons fully extended. The aircraft climbed to 100 feet but began to settle back to the ground. Attempts to adjust the flap setting were difficult because of the position of the flap control and the extreme nose down forces on the aircraft during the takeoff. The uncertificated pilot elected to land in a pasture off the end of the runway. The ground was muddy, the nose of the uncertificated, unregistered aircraft dug in, the main landing gear was ripped off and the right wing was damaged during the off airport landing. There was no fire and there were only minor injuries to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UNCERTIFICATED PILOT TOOK OFF FROM AN AIRPORT IN AN UNREGISTERED, UNCERTIFICATED AIRCRAFT WITH THE FLAPORONS FULLY EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 100 FEET BUT BEGAN TO SETTLE BACK TO THE GROUND. ATTEMPTS TO ADJUST THE FLAP SETTING WERE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE POSITION OF THE FLAP CONTROL AND THE EXTREME NOSE DOWN FORCES ON THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE TAKEOFF. THE UNCERTIFICATED PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A PASTURE OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE GROUND WAS MUDDY, THE NOSE OF THE UNCERTIFICATED, UNREGISTERED AIRCRAFT DUG IN, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS RIPPED OFF AND THE RIGHT WING WAS DAMAGED DURING THE OFF AIRPORT LANDING. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND THERE WERE ONLY MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT.