# Incident 20070730014309I: Amtr SUPERSKYBOLT, Grain Valley, MO, July 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2007, 10:00 local time
- Place: Grain Valley, MO
- Airport: East Kansas City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0146° N, 94.2149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST KANSAS CITY (3GV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0146&lon=-94.2149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N260SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N260SS-2011-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chinnery Robert G SUPER SKYBOLT (registry code 05622MM, https://openairdocs.org/model/chinnery-robert-g-super-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435-C2 (registry code 42074, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435-c2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SUPERSKYBOLT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070730014309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS CONDUCTING INITIAL HIGH-SPEED TAXI TESTS ON RUNWAY AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 27 TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A VASI LIGHT STANCHION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND TORN FABRIC ON THE LEFT AFT FUSELAGE. THE PROPELLER SUFFERED BLADE TIP DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CLOSED.

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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