19871111063579A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrvp Vampire · Mesa, AZ · November 11, 1987

Date
November 11, 1987 · 14:30 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3153Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88DUJ02
Reported as
Amtrvp Vampire
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total39 in this make and model50 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 failure on climbout. Emergency landing on a dirt road. Impacted a ditch. Rear cylinder had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE ON CLIMBOUT. EMERGENCY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD. IMPACTED A DITCH. REAR CYLINDER HAD FAILED.

NTSB investigation

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