42.2712° N, 72.0842° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of North Brookfield, MA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 5, 1989 · 20:00 local
Place
No Brookfield, MA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N560M
Reported as
Amtrac ELITE532
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX532
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
28 total28 in this make and model
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. Fuel starvation. Landed in field and rolled over. Broken grommet allowed wrong tank to empty first.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT. FUEL STARVATION. LANDED IN FIELD AND ROLLED OVER. BROKEN GROMMET ALLOWED WRONG TANK TO EMPTY FIRST.