39.2640° N, 77.8813° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Charles Town, WV, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 9, 1991 · 16:21 local
Place
Charlestown, WV
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8M
Reported as
Amtrpt Pittsspecial
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
751 total3 in this make and model28 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.
Engine quit in flight. Forced landing in field. Found magnetos coils cracked and leaking black tar coolant.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT IN FLIGHT. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD. FOUND MAGNETOS COILS CRACKED AND LEAKING BLACK TAR COOLANT.