# Incident 20080722842309I: Amtr SPORTCRUISER, Grand Prairie, TX, July 22, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2008, 15:50 local time
- Place: Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport: Grand Prairie Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6988° N, 97.0469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND PRAIRIE MUNI (GPM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6988&lon=-97.0469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8806R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8806R-2018-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro SPORTCRUISER (registry code 060002O, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-aircraft-works-spol-sro-sportcruiser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SPORTCRUISER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,652 total, 6 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080722842309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 22, 2008, AT 1550 CDT, A CZECH SPORT CRUISER, N8806R, OWNED BY AVIATOR AIR CENTERS, INC., 3122 S. GREAT SOUTHWEST PKWY., GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 75052-7238, HAD AN INCIDENT WHILE LANDING AT GRAND PRAIRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GPM). DURING A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT, THE CANOPY CAME UNLOCKED AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^THE PILOT, HAD SOME PROBLEM CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR. FOLLOWING THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17, DURING ROLLOUT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCAFT AND STRUCK THE TAXI-WAY BRAVO SIGN CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WHEEL FAIRING, LEFT FLAP AND TAIL SKID. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE ONLY ONE ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND INSTRUMENT RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GRAND PRAIRIE, TX, GRAND PRAIRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GPM), ON JULY 22,2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1545 CDT.

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