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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VISION · Fresno, CA · August 21, 2008

Date: August 21, 2008 · 10:00 local
Place: Fresno, CA
Airport: Fresno Chandler Executive
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8072W
Reported as: Amtr Vision
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,386 total3 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N8072WRegistration cancelled Apr 8, 2010 · Lee Skylar VISIONS/N 0047 · Built 2008 Airframe modelLee Skylar VISION Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During a hight speed taxi to evaluate when the aircraft would rotate with full elevator authority the airraft nose lifted off the ground at about 50 mph and went airborne unintentionally. The pilot immediately retarted the throttle and pushed the nose over to get back onto the ground. The nose dipped down causing it to make contact with the surface, sending the aircraft bouncing down the runway approximately 2 times then the nose gear broken off on the second impact and was followed by a prop strike sliding between runway lights to a stop off the runway. There was no intention of flight during the whole incident. The flight portion was accidental.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING A HIGHT SPEED TAXI TO EVALUATE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WOULD ROTATE WITH FULL ELEVATOR AUTHORITY THE AIRRAFT NOSE LIFTED OFF THE GROUND AT ABOUT 50 MPH AND WENT AIRBORNE UNINTENTIONALLY. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY RETARTED THE THROTTLE AND PUSHED THE NOSE OVER TO GET BACK ONTO THE GROUND. THE NOSE DIPPED DOWN CAUSING IT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE, SENDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCING DOWN THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 2 TIMES THEN THE NOSE GEAR BROKEN OFF ON THE SECOND IMPACT AND WAS FOLLOWED BY A PROP STRIKE SLIDING BETWEEN RUNWAY LIGHTS TO A STOP OFF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT DURING THE WHOLE INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT PORTION WAS ACCIDENTAL.