19840114001289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr D-9 · Livermore, CA · January 14, 1984

Date
January 14, 1984 · 16:00 local
Place
Livermore, CA
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3411G
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX84LA140
Reported as
Amtr D9
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW1200VOLKS
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
27,500 total300 in this make and model180 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.

Carburetor iced up on downwind. Crash landed in a plowed field. Volkswagen engine has no carburetor heat system.

As the FAA filed it

CARBURETOR ICED UP ON DOWNWIND. CRASH LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD. VOLKSWAGEN ENGINE HAS NO CARBURETOR HEAT SYSTEM.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.