# Accident 19880629024269A: Amtros OSPREY2, Manassas, VA, June 29, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1988, 06:48 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas Municipal/Harry P Davis Fi
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70J-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Terry James L OSPREY II (registry code 957052Q, https://openairdocs.org/model/terry-james-l-osprey-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTROS OSPREY2
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,197 total, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO88DIA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88DIA01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880629024269A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE WENT TO IDLE ON CLIMBOUT. STRUCK TREES. THROTTLE CABLE CAME LOOSE IN COCKPIT. SET SCREW NOT TIGHT ENOUGH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO88DIA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88DIA01), Jun 29, 1988: Terry Osprey II (N70J), Manassas, VA, destroyed

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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