19880117004289I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrru Varieze · Syracuse, NY · January 17, 1988

Date: January 17, 1988 · 15:58 local
Place: Syracuse, NY
Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N299AR
Reported as: Amtrru Varieze
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total51 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N299ARRegistered now · Rutan VARIVIGGEN 50-160S/N 299 · Built 1987 Airframe modelRutan VARIVIGGEN 50-160 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Aircraft developed a severe vibration. Found engine cowl support brace had broken and hit propeller.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A SEVERE VIBRATION. FOUND ENGINE COWL SUPPORT BRACE HAD BROKEN AND HIT PROPELLER.