19890827055599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrbr HP-14 · Worcester, MA · August 27, 1989

Date
August 27, 1989 · 14:28 local
Place
Worcester, MA
Airport
Worcester Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4400
Reported as
Amtrbr HP14
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
104 total100 in this make and model34 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.

Hard landing. Damaged rudder and wheel door. Left v tail rudder disconnected due to improper installation.

As the FAA filed it

HARD LANDING. DAMAGED RUDDER AND WHEEL DOOR. LEFT V TAIL RUDDER DISCONNECTED DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION.