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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrsm MINIPLANE* · Belle Glade, FL · June 12, 1983

Date: June 12, 1983 · 10:30 local
Place: Belle Glade, FL
Airport: Belle Glade State
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N385Y
Reported as: Amtrsm MINIPLANE*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N385YRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Smith Miniplane 1S/N 48-64-1 · Built 1966 Airframe modelSmith Miniplane 1 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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.

Lost power on short final. Landed short of runway threshold. Believed cause was water contamination of fuel.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON SHORT FINAL. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY THRESHOLD. BELIEVED CAUSE WAS WATER CONTAMINATION OF FUEL.