# Incident 20061001028009I: Amtr AVENTURAII, Cocoa, FL, October 1, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2006, 09:15 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20GH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20GH-2009-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawkins August E AVENTURA II (registry code 05621R3, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawkins-august-e-aventura-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVENTURAII
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 41 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061001028009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTEDLY ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF AT KENTLAND AIRPORT (C0I) AT 09:15 CT AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN HEADING AT HIGH SPEED. THE PILOT STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO COUNTER THE TORQUE ATTRIBUTES OF THE AIRCRAFT BY APPLYING RUDDER BUT APPARENTLY WAS NOT AIRBORNE AND THUS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND ABORTED TAKEOFF AND CONSEQUENTLY STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND DETACHED A FLOAT NEAR THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR OTHER DAMAGES REPORTED. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY REPORTED THE INCIDENT, REMOVED THE FLOAT AND WITHIN AN HOUR PROCEEDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO GRIFFITH MERRILLVILLE AIRPOORT. THE FAA WAS NOTIFIED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED AND WAS INSPECTED ON OCTOBER 2, 2006. THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE WAS CONFIRMED TO BE MINOR, AS DESCRIBED (APPROXIMATELY $100).

## Other reports on N20GH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20090502011249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090502011249A), May 2, 2009: Amtr AVENTURAII (N20GH), Griffith, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated that this was the first flight after installation of a new engine. Pilot stated that on takeoff from runway 26 the airspeed indicator…

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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