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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr KR2 · Baraboo, WI · May 15, 1983

Date
May 15, 1983 · 13:30 local
Place
Baraboo, WI
Airport
Baraboo/Dells
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3799B
Reported as
Amtr KR2
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW2100VOLKS
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
435 total23 in this make and model23 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.

Engine quit on climbout due to a vapor lock at the gascolator from engine heat. Vent line to be added by builder.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT DUE TO A VAPOR LOCK AT THE GASCOLATOR FROM ENGINE HEAT. VENT LINE TO BE ADDED BY BUILDER.