# Incident 19810622056889I: Amtros OSPREY2, Sanford, FL, June 22, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1981, 08:00 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7845° N, 81.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7845&lon=-81.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N920EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N920EM-1996-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mahler Ernst JR OSPRAY II (registry code 9570549, https://openairdocs.org/model/mahler-ernst-jr-ospray-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTROS OSPREY2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3 total, 8 in this make and model, 233 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810622056889I

## Narrative

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

ZA ON TEST FLIGHT THROTTLE SET, RPM BLED OFF TO IDEL. LANDED IN FIELD. FOUND LOCK NUT ON THROTTLE LINKAGE LOOSE.

## Other reports on N920EM (1)

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

- [Incident 19810727060939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810727060939I), Jul 27, 1981: Amtros OSPREY2 (N920EM), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. Pilot leveled off to high made hard landing. Bent nose gear fork.

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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