# Incident 19900520035289I: Amtr YAKC11, Longview, TX, May 20, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1990, 17:28 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Airport: Gregg County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5007° N, 94.7405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5007&lon=-94.7405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9YK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9YK-2013-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK C-11 (registry code 05616FC, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-c-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR YAKC11
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 2 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900520035289I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CANOPY DEPARTED AIRCRAFT INFLIGHT. LANDED SAFELY. CANOPY EMERGENCY RELEASE HAD MALFUNCTIONED.

## Other reports on N9YK (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960316004399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960316004399A), Mar 16, 1996: Amtr YAKC11 (N9YK), Northvernon, IN, Substantial damage. Aircraft bounced following a hard landing and looped. (-23) on 03/16/96 at about 10:00 am EST, pilot landed after personal flight. During landing pilot lost…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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