# Incident 19810727060939I: Amtros OSPREY2, Sanford, FL, July 27, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1981, 11:30 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Sanford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8228° N, 81.2633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANFORD (FL55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8228&lon=-81.2633&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: 3,500 total, 0 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/19810727060939I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEVELED OFF TO HIGH MADE HARD LANDING. BENT NOSE GEAR FORK.

## Other reports on N920EM (1)

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

- [Incident 19810622056889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810622056889I), Jun 22, 1981: Amtros OSPREY2 (N920EM), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. Za on test flight throttle set, RPM bled off to idel. Landed in field. Found lock nut on throttle linkage loose.

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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