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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrts SEA HAWK · Fort Lewis/Taco, WA · February 18, 1993

Date
February 18, 1993 · 13:00 local
Place
Fort Lewis/Taco, WA
Airport
Gray Aaf
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7348S
Reported as
Amtrts Seahawk
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Pilot did not position tank selector correctly. Engine lost power to low altitude on discovery. Landed hard.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DID NOT POSITION TANK SELECTOR CORRECTLY. ENGINE LOST POWER TO LOW ALTITUDE ON DISCOVERY. LANDED HARD.