# Incident 19880507024569I: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Thaxton, VA, May 7, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1988, 17:50 local time
- Place: Thaxton, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3529° N, 79.6164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thaxton, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3529&lon=-79.6164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85TL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85TL-2014-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Adams Thomas H DRAGONFLY (registry code 05644LU, https://openairdocs.org/model/adams-thomas-h-dragonfly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRAGONFLY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507024569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE VIBRATION. PROP DEPARTED ENGINE. FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD.

## Other reports on N85TL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140612008459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140612008459A), Jun 12, 2014: Adams Thomas H DRAGONFLY (N85TL), Mesa, AZ, Substantial damage. On 6/12/2014, at 0624 local time a 1985 Dragonfly aircraft departed Falcon Field ff on runway 4R. According to the pilot the engine rpms started to reduce just…

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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