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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrjf Barracuda · Charlotte, MI · July 9, 1978

Date: July 9, 1978 · 11:45 local
Place: Charlotte, MI
Airport: Fitch H Beach
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N159JY
Reported as: Amtrjf Barracuda
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 530 total52 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N159JYRegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2013 · Yoder BARRACUDA 300S/N 3 · Built 1978 Airframe modelYoder BARRACUDA 300 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 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.

Canopy opened after takeoff due to failure of kitchen cabinet latch. Pilot made hard landing, trying to hold it.

As the FAA filed it

CANOPY OPENED AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO FAILURE OF KITCHEN CABINET LATCH. PILOT MADE HARD LANDING, TRYING TO HOLD IT.

Other reports on N159JY · 3

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

Incident 19840319027899IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Miami, FLUnsafe left gear down light. Gear down on flyby collapsed on landing. Bent hydraulic actuator shaft. Prevented lockMar 19, 1984 · Minor damage Incident 19791103056749IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Freeland, MIPilot forced to land with nose gear not down and locked. Microswitch attached to gear up lock failed. MS2522531Nov 3, 1979 · Minor damage Incident 19780425008449ILevel Off Touchdown · Midland, MIPilot abruptly changed attitude of aircraft just before touchdown. Aircraft dropped hard collapsed main gear.Apr 25, 1978 · Minor damage