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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrqc CHALLENGER2 · Platteville, WI · July 11, 1988

Date
July 11, 1988 · 20:00 local
Place
Platteville, WI
Airport
Grant County Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N51012
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI88DEP06
Reported as
Amtrqc CHALLENGER2
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,060 total51 in this make and model90 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 lost power on homebuilt on climbout. Crash landed. Had placed luggage on plastic gas line and kinked it.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON HOMEBUILT ON CLIMBOUT. CRASH LANDED. HAD PLACED LUGGAGE ON PLASTIC GAS LINE AND KINKED IT.

NTSB investigation

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