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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Hummel Bird · Chino, CA · February 26, 1990

Date
February 26, 1990 · 13:00 local
Place
Chino, CA
Airport
Chino Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N835RA
Reported as
Amtr Hummel Bird
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW2180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
754 total1 in this make and model4 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.

Oil pressure and temperature problem on first test flight. Aircraft unstable. Landed hard and gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE PROBLEM ON FIRST TEST FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT UNSTABLE. LANDED HARD AND GEAR COLLAPSED.