# Accident 20080712840119A: Amtr AVIDFLYMKIV, Angleton/Lake, TX, July 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2008, 13:45 local time
- Place: Angleton/Lake, TX
- Airport: Brazoria County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0231° N, 95.4844° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0231&lon=-95.4844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N583AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N583AF-2010-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wright Bruce M AVID FLYER MK IV (registry code 05626UW, https://openairdocs.org/model/wright-bruce-m-avid-flyer-mk-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYMKIV
- Reported engine: AMTR JABIRU2200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,002 total, 900 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080712840119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 7/12/2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:30 CST AN AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT MAKE: WRIGHT, BRUCE M., MODEL: AVID FLYER MK IV, SN 993195, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM BRAZORIA COUNTY AIRPORT, (LBX), ANGLETON, TEXAS ON HIS RETURN FLIGHT TO VOLK FIELD, HITCHCOCK, TEXAS, THE ENGINE STARTED LOOSING POWER. THE PILOT STATED HE TURNED AROUND BACK TO LBX BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND MADE AN OFF AIRPORT ALNDING ON A DIRT ROAD. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE HITTING THE EDGE OF A BLACK TOP ROAD, PUSHING THE NOSE GEAR BACK CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AGAINST A FENCE AND GATE POST. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED BOTH WINGS, BOTH AILERONS, NOSE GEAR, ENGINE COWL, AND PROPELLER.  THE PROPERLY CERTIFIATED, PRIVATE PILOT, WAS NOT INJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW08CA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA184), Jul 12, 2008: Wright Avid Flyer MK IV (N583AF), Lake Jackson, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to a connecting rod failure.

## Other reports on N583AF (2)

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

- [Accident 20090903016609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090903016609A), Sep 3, 2009: Wright AVIDFLYERMKI (N583AF), Hitchcock, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) During take-off to the north, and climb out from Volk field (37TE) in Hitchcock, Texas. The pilot of an experimental amateur built aircraft, reported…
- [Accident 19991023030589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991023030589A), Oct 23, 1999: Amtr AVIDFLYMKIV (N583AF), Sea Brook, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot experienced a rough running engine and elected to make an emergency landing. He landed downwind on a road situated in a pasture. He lost…

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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