40.8381° N, 115.7678° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Elko, NV, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 10, 1988 · 14:30 local
Place
Elko, NV
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7999C
Reported as
Namer SNJ5
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total600 in this make and model60 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 quit in inverted flight. Wrong size studs on airbox. Penetrated carb. Chips held float open flooding engine
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT IN INVERTED FLIGHT. WRONG SIZE STUDS ON AIRBOX. PENETRATED CARB. CHIPS HELD FLOAT OPEN FLOODING ENGINE