# Incident 19880529039269I: Amtrnc 235LANCAIR, Watsonville, CA, May 29, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1988, 09:30 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N188DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N188DW-2003-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weitman Douglas M 235 LANCAIR (registry code 05612ML, https://openairdocs.org/model/weitman-douglas-m-235-lancair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRNC 235LANCAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 66 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880529039269I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. LANDED BESIDE RUNWAY WITH GEAR UP. CARB AIR INTAKE BLOCKED BY FOAM AIR FILTER.

## Other reports on N188DW (1)

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

- [Incident 19880212010429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880212010429I), Feb 12, 1988: Amtrnc 235LANCAIR (N188DW), Oxnard, CA, Minor damage. Hard landing. Aborted landing. Made a go around. Nose gear collapsed on next landing. Nose gear fork had broken.

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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