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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP1 · Crockett, TX · August 18, 1984

Date
August 18, 1984 · 19:00 local
Place
Crockett, TX
Airport
Houston Co
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29740
Reported as
Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP1
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW1600VOLKS
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
418 total52 in this make and model1 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 RPM dropped and altitude could not be maintained. Gear collapsed during landing. Carburetor malfunction.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RPM DROPPED AND ALTITUDE COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED. GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. CARBURETOR MALFUNCTION.