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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr DRAGONFLY · Meridian, MS · August 26, 1986

Date
August 26, 1986 · 18:20 local
Place
Meridian, MS
Airport
Key Field Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2803V
Reported as
Amtr Dragonfly
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW2100VOLKS
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total10 in this make and model250 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 in the pattern. Dragged a wing on the runway on the forced landing. Suspect a carburetor malfunction.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT IN THE PATTERN. DRAGGED A WING ON THE RUNWAY ON THE FORCED LANDING. SUSPECT A CARBURETOR MALFUNCTION.