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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrlb Aerobat · Odessa, TX · May 18, 1991

Date
May 18, 1991 · 15:19 local
Place
Odessa, TX
Airport
Odessa Schlemeyer Field Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N117BT
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW91LA083
Reported as
Amtrlb Aerobat
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total150 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit on base for landing. Struck trees on forced landing. Cracked aluminium fuel line in fuel tank.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON BASE FOR LANDING. STRUCK TREES ON FORCED LANDING. CRACKED ALUMINIUM FUEL LINE IN FUEL TANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.