# Accident 20090903016609A: Wright AVIDFLYERMKI, Hitchcock, TX, September 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2009, 13:10 local time
- Place: Hitchcock, TX
- Airport: Johnnie Volk Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3603° N, 95.0097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3603&lon=-95.0097&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: WRIGHT AVIDFLYERMKI
- Reported engine: JABIRU 2200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,019 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA572](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA572) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090903016609A

## Narrative

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

(-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 THAT BETWEEN 50 AND 60 FEET ALTITUDE THE JABIRU 2200A ENGINE FAILED.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A CLEARING AT THE END OF RUNWAY #35, AND CLIPPED THE TREES PRIOR TO MAKING THE CLEARING.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A 20 DEGREE NOSE LEFT ATTITUDE, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN09LA572](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA572), Sep 3, 2009: Wright Bruce M Avid Flyer (N583AF), Hitchcock, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N583AF (2)

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

- [Accident 20080712840119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080712840119A), Jul 12, 2008: Amtr AVIDFLYMKIV (N583AF), Angleton/Lake, TX, Substantial damage. (-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…
- [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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