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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Sphrth Ventusa · Marfa, TX · July 2, 1991

Date
July 2, 1991 · 14:00 local
Place
Marfa, TX
Airport
Marfa Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9999R
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW91LA114
Reported as
Sphrth Ventusa
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total200 in this make and model12 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.

Lost lift on motorized launch,struck a fence and impacted sideways. Density altitude and downdraft plus low power.

As the FAA filed it

LOST LIFT ON MOTORIZED LAUNCH,STRUCK A FENCE AND IMPACTED SIDEWAYS.DENSITY ALTITUDE AND DOWNDRAFT PLUS LOW POWER.

NTSB investigation

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