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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtran KINGFISHER · Rochester, IL · July 30, 1978

Date
July 30, 1978 · 17:50 local
Place
Rochester, IL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4136
Reported as
Amtran Kingfisher
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total4 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.

Fragments of mud dauber nest found way to carburetor, causing engine to quit.

As the FAA filed it

FRAGMENTS OF MUD DAUBER NEST FOUND WAY TO CARBURETOR, CAUSING ENGINE TO QUIT.