# Accident 19921010041469A: Amtr SNOBIRDXL, Bryan, TX, October 10, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1992, 15:40 local time
- Place: Bryan, TX
- Airport: Coulter Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7157° N, 96.3314° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COULTER FLD (CFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7157&lon=-96.3314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N532SB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N532SB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Oconnor Douglas J SNO-BIRD XL (registry code 13015CE, https://openairdocs.org/model/oconnor-douglas-j-sno-bird-xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SNOBIRDXL
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,854 total, 67 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN93LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921010041469A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN HOVERING SIDEWARD MOVEMENT. RUDDER DELAMINATED AND JAMMED. BENT RUDDER HORN TO STOP SPIN. CRASHED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN93LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA003), Oct 10, 1992: O'Connor SNO-BIRD XL (N532SB), Bryan, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: DELAMINATION OF THE RUDDER LEADING EDGE AND SUBSEQUENT JAMMING OF THE RUDDER.

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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