# Accident 19871219070659A: Amtrhi HA1112, Harlingen, TX, December 19, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1987, 10:33 local time
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Airport: Rio Grande Valley International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2008° N, 97.6407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2008&lon=-97.6407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8575 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRHI HA1112
- Reported engine: RROYCE DART529
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 8 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88DRG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871219070659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT DUE TO CARBURETOR FLOAT DELAMINATION.AIRCRAFT STALLED. DRUGS FOUND IN PILOTS BLOOD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW88DRG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRG04), Dec 19, 1987: MBB 109 (N8575), Harlingen, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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