# Accident 19911117062779A: Amtrad BUCCANEER, Palmer, MA, November 17, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1991, 17:00 local time
- Place: Palmer, MA
- Airport: Metropolitan Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2233° N, 72.3114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Metropolitan Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2233&lon=-72.3114&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR880 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAD BUCCANEER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 80 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911117062779A

## Narrative

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

RUDDER ATTACH PIVOT BOLT FAILED DUE CORROSION. JAMMED FULL LEFT AND JAMMED ELEVATOR. DIVED UNCONTROLLED INTO TREES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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