28.3215° N, 80.7379° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockledge, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 16, 1992 · 10:15 local
Place
Rockledge, FL
Airport
Rockledge Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NR903
Reported as
Amtrad Buccaneer
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX582
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total300 in this make and model30 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.
Engine quit on takeoff. Landed in palmetto brush and struck hidden tree. Fuel pump had failed.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. LANDED IN PALMETTO BRUSH AND STRUCK HIDDEN TREE. FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED.