20091024020199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LIBERTY · Oklahoma City, OK · October 24, 2009

Date
October 24, 2009 · 09:45 local
Place
Oklahoma City, OK
Airport
Clarence E Page Municipal
Phase of flight
Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3516T
Reported as
Amtr Liberty
Reported engine
AMTR 582
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
35 total4 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot was flying a powered parachute; pilot has a sport pilot certificate; logbook is endorsed for powered parachute. Pilot stated that he took off from ce Page airport; flew the pattern three times, twice making low passes and on the third was attempting a full stop; pilot realized his approach was to low and applied engine power, but the aircraft would not climb. Nose wheel impacted the ground causing the aircraft to flip over and stop in an inverted position. Pilot and passenger were not injured. Shroud that surrounds propeller and propeller took most of the damage; nose gear was broken off the aircraft, minor damage to tubular frame.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS FLYING A POWERED PARACHUTE; PILOT HAS A SPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE; LOGBOOK IS ENDORSED FOR POWERED PARACHUTE. PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF FROM CE PAGE AIRPORT; FLEW THE PATTERN THREE TIMES, TWICE MAKING LOW PASSES AND ON THE THIRD WAS ATTEMPTING A FULL STOP; PILOT REALIZED HIS APPROACH WAS TO LOW AND APPLIED ENGINE POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB. NOSE WHEEL IMPACTED THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER AND STOP IN AN INVERTED POSITION. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. SHROUD THAT SURROUNDS PROPELLER AND PROPELLER TOOK MOST OF THE DAMAGE; NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF THE AIRCRAFT, MINOR DAMAGE TO TUBULAR FRAME.