# Incident 19940515025259I: Amtr AVIDFLYER, West Palm Beach, FL, May 15, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1994, 19:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N151JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N151JM-2013-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Marcinkevich John J AVID FLYER (registry code 05612DG, https://openairdocs.org/model/marcinkevich-john-j-avid-flyer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 250 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940515025259I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT AFTER LONG DESCENT. LANDED IN SWAMP. CARBURETOR ICING INDICATED.NO CARBURETOR HEAT INSTALLED ON ENGINE.

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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