# Incident 19790324011099I: Amtrea ACROSPORT, Watsonville, CA, March 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1979, 14:11 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9236° N, 121.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watsonville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9236&lon=-121.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98GS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98GS-1996-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Starn EAA ACRO SPORT (registry code 0564689, https://openairdocs.org/model/starn-eaa-acro-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTREA ACROSPORT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,101 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790324011099I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT DUE TO SEVERE VIBRATION, LANDED HARD. PILOT THINKS HE LOST A PROP TIP.

## Other reports on N98GS (1)

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

- [Accident 19930306004419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930306004419A), Mar 6, 1993: Amtrea ACROSPORT (N98GS), Lake Riverside, CA, Substantial damage. Lost power on takeoff.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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