# Accident 20090920018189A: Aimm AMT200S, Wheeling, WV, September 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Airport: Wheeling Ohio Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1750° N, 80.6461° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1750&lon=-80.6461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46068 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIMM AMT200S
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 35 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA534](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA534) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090920018189A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE COWLING GASKET CAME LOOSE ALLOWING OUTSIDE AIR TO ENTER THE COCKPIT.  THE OUTSIDE AIR RUSHING INTO THE COCKPIT AND BLOWING ON TO THE PILOT'S FACE DISTRACTED HIM.  UPON LANDING DOWNWIND ON RW 03, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AT ABOUT 70 MPH, AND THE PLANE GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT COLLIDING WITH TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS AND A RUNWAY IDENTIFICATION SIGN.

## 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 ERA09CA534](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA534), Sep 20, 2009: Aeromot AMT200 (N46068), Wheeling, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to properly secure the canopy latch which resulted in an in-flight canopy…

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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