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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr SKYWALKER · Scottsboro, AL · July 12, 1994

Date: July 12, 1994 · 08:00 local
Place: Scottsboro, AL
Airport: Scottsboro Municipal-Word Field Arp
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9150P
Reported as: Amtr Skywalker
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 157 total1 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N9150PRegistered now · Richards Donald D SKYWALKERS/N 101 Airframe modelRichards Donald D SKYWALKER Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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.

Narrative: Mr. Holcomb had recently purchased this aircraft and had only flown it about a hour before this flight. The aircraft was in level flight just after takeoff, when the engine began to run rough and lose power. The aircraft was unable to return to the airport, an off airport landing was made. The aircraft flipped over & stopped on its back. The pilot received minor injuries. The cause of the engine problems was rust of intake system causing spark plugs to ground out.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MR. HOLCOMB HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS AIRCRAFT AND HAD ONLY FLOWN IT ABOUT A HOUR BEFORE THIS FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOSE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING WAS MADE. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER & STOPPED ON ITS BACK. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE PROBLEMS WAS RUST OF INTAKE SYSTEM CAUSING SPARK PLUGS TO GROUND OUT.