# Incident 20080313833959I: Amtr RV6A, Stratford, CT, March 13, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2008, 17:00 local time
- Place: Stratford, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36RV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36RV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dobson Leonard VAN'S RV-6A (registry code 05608VN, https://openairdocs.org/model/dobson-leonard-van-s-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080313833959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER RUN-UP AND DURING TAXI TO RUNWAY 11, THE NOSE GEAR STRUT BROKE.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSED DOWN AND PROP HIT PAVEMENT.  THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN STOPPAGE.  ELT WENT OFF AND PILOT TURNED IT OFF.

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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