19870523035309A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr WIZARDT38 · Chesapeake, VA · May 23, 1987

Date
May 23, 1987 · 09:45 local
Place
Chesapeake, VA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N39583
Reported as
Amtr WIZARDT38
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
425 total3 in this make and model41 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.

The ultralight stalled and impacted the ground. A piece of muffler had broken and fractured the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

THE ULTRALIGHT STALLED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. A PIECE OF MUFFLER HAD BROKEN AND FRACTURED THE PROPELLER.