19890424020359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrad Buccaneer · Watson, LA · April 24, 1989

Date
April 24, 1989 · 18:22 local
Place
Watson, LA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8117G
Reported as
Amtrad Buccaneer
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total8 in this make and model25 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.

A muffler retention strap broke and hit propeller inflight. Shut engine down. Precautionary landing in pasture.

As the FAA filed it

A MUFFLER RETENTION STRAP BROKE AND HIT PROPELLER INFLIGHT. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN PASTURE.