19880317005769A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrsy Sidewinder · Honea Path, SC · March 17, 1988

Date
March 17, 1988 · 16:45 local
Place
Honea Path, SC
Airport
Ashley
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N25150
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88DMG04
Reported as
Amtrsy Sidewinder
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
950 in this make and model

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.

Nose wheel shimmy on landing nose wheel collapsed. Plane nosed over. Had bending failure at engine mount attachment

As the FAA filed it

NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY ON LANDING NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. PLANE NOSED OVER. HAD BENDING FAILURE AT ENGINE MOUNT ATTACHMENT

NTSB investigation

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