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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrcy J-6 KARATOO · Houston, TX · February 28, 1988

Date
February 28, 1988 · 15:40 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Westheimer Air Park
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N446TR
Reported as
Amtrcy J6KARATOO
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW2100VOLKS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
103 total8 in this make and model22 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 quit on final approach landed short. Found a piece of teflon tape attached to the line tube to carburetor.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL APPROACH LANDED SHORT. FOUND A PIECE OF TEFLON TAPE ATTACHED TO THE LINE TUBE TO CARBURETOR.