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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrfl Scooter · Modesto, CA · June 6, 1978

Date
June 6, 1978 · 15:30 local
Place
Modesto, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4032
Reported as
Amtrfl Scooter
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total50 in this make and model0 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.

Volkswagon engine failed in flight due to a faulty check valve in the diaphram of engine driven fuel pump.

As the FAA filed it

VOLKSWAGON ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT DUE TO A FAULTY CHECK VALVE IN THE DIAPHRAM OF ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP.