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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrvn VAN'S RV-3 · Tea, SD · May 29, 1978

Date: May 29, 1978 · 16:30 local
Place: Tea, SD
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5DE
Reported as: Amtrvn VANSRV3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,100 total55 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N5DERegistration cancelled Dec 18, 2012 · Everett VAN'S RV-3S/N 1 · Built 1978 Airframe modelEverett VAN'S RV-3 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

After flying at reduced power engine would not develop full power. Pilot did not use carburetor heat.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER FLYING AT REDUCED POWER ENGINE WOULD NOT DEVELOP FULL POWER. PILOT DID NOT USE CARBURETOR HEAT.