19891118058589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr AVID FLYER · Elberton, GA · November 18, 1989

Date
November 18, 1989 · 15:55 local
Place
Elberton, GA
Airport
Elbert County-Patz Field Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N94RB
Reported as
Amtr Avidflyer
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total66 in this make and model45 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.

Propeller departed at altitude. Forced landing in water. Bolts were sheared due to wear from being bottomed out.

As the FAA filed it

PROPELLER DEPARTED AT ALTITUDE. FORCED LANDING IN WATER. BOLTS WERE SHEARED DUE TO WEAR FROM BEING BOTTOMED OUT.