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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrqc CHALLENGER2 · Clinton, CT · August 4, 1988

Date
August 4, 1988 · 19:05 local
Place
Clinton, CT
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N204TS
Reported as
Amtrqc CHALLENGER2
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX447
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
155 total9 in this make and model20 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.

Forced landing in water when lost power to prop but not engine. Found belts driving gear reduction system loose.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING IN WATER WHEN LOST POWER TO PROP BUT NOT ENGINE. FOUND BELTS DRIVING GEAR REDUCTION SYSTEM LOOSE.