19861229069609A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Amtrak WHITEHEAD #21 · Stratford, CT · December 29, 1986

Date
December 29, 1986 · 11:10 local
Place
Stratford, CT
Airport
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1901G
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC87DNE01
Reported as
Amtrak WHITEHEAD21
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
50 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Photographer ran beyond safe area into path of aircraft on test flight and was struck by gear and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PHOTOGRAPHER RAN BEYOND SAFE AREA INTO PATH OF AIRCRAFT ON TEST FLIGHT AND WAS STRUCK BY GEAR AND PROPELLER.

NTSB investigation

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