# Incident 19880215017659I: Amtr RV4, Ludlow, CA, February 15, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1988, 17:20 local time
- Place: Ludlow, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7211° N, 116.1600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ludlow, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7211&lon=-116.1600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44KL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44KL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Linch Kenneth T RV-4 (registry code 056081H, https://openairdocs.org/model/linch-kenneth-t-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV4
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 90 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880215017659I

## Narrative

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

PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON HIGHWAY DUE  TO A VIBRATION IN AIRCRAFT. FOUND LEFT EXHAUST PIPE HAD BROKE OFF.

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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