# Incident 20060920022059I: Amtr BARRACUDA, Warrenton, VA, September 20, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2006, 11:50 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton-Fauquier Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5863° N, 77.7106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARRENTON/FAUQUIER (HWY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5863&lon=-77.7106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N515WH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N515WH-2007-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hull William L BARRACUDA / HULL (registry code 05618CV, https://openairdocs.org/model/hull-william-l-barracuda-hull) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BARRACUDA
- Reported engine: CONT IO360CONT
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060920022059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL-HOMEBUILT BARRACUDA, REG# N515WH LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING HIS TRAVEL DOWN RUNWAY 32 AT WARRENTON-FAUQUIER AIRPORT (W66). THE WEATHER WAS VMC WITH WINDS REPORTED AS A RIGHT-QUARTERING CROSSWIND AT APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 KNOTS. WHETHER THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING OR PERFORMING A HIGH-SPEED TAXI AS THE PILOT CLAIMS, HE LOST CONTROL AND LANDED HARD ON THE NOSEWHEEL. THE NOSEGEAR LINKAGE FAILED IN AN AREA WHICH HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR AND CORROSION, AND THE NOSEGEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. INITIAL PROP-STRIKES BEGAN 829 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND 35 FEET LEFT OF CENTERLINE. SKID MARKS FROM ALL THREE WHEELS VEERED FROM THIS POINT IN A RIGHT TURN EXITING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 422 FEET FROM THE POINT OF INITIAL IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INTO THE GRASS FOR 267 FEET MORE AND CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WITH OBVIOUS DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR. REGULAR PROP STRIKES EXISTED FROM THE POINT OF INITIAL IMPACT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND 50 FEET INTO THE GRASS.

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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