19911001044409A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr AVID FLYER · Sonora, CA · October 1, 1991

Date
October 1, 1991 · 12:05 local
Place
Sonora, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N860CD
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX92LA002
Reported as
Amtr Avidflyer
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX532
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
48 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.

Surging engine. Elected to land. Overshot open field. Hit brush and nosed over. Blamed vapor lock or fuel pump.

As the FAA filed it

SURGING ENGINE. ELECTED TO LAND. OVERSHOT OPEN FIELD. HIT BRUSH AND NOSED OVER. BLAMED VAPOR LOCK OR FUEL PUMP.

NTSB investigation

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