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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr BERKUT · Santa Monica, CA · July 23, 1994

Date
July 23, 1994 · 20:10 local
Place
Santa Monica, CA
Airport
Santa Monica Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N91DR
Reported as
Amtr Berkut
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360B1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,590 total1,080 in this make and model60 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.

Narrative: on 7-23-94 at 20:10 PDT, a dave h. ronneberg, donald s. murphy experimental aircraft, berkur model, N91DR, registered to above individuals, experienced separation of the forward and aft canopies during a personal flight at FL 2,450. VFR conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage. No injuries to pilot, passenger or people on the ground were reported. The pilot holds a private pilot certificate no. 144483651, single engine land. The flight originated at Santa Monica at 20:00 PDT. The canopies have been adjusted to prevent re-occurrence and will be redesigned. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 7-23-94 AT 20:10 PDT, A DAVE H. RONNEBERG, DONALD S. MURPHY EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, BERKUR MODEL, N91DR, REGISTERED TO ABOVE INDIVIDUALS, EXPERIENCED SEPARATION OF THE FORWARD AND AFT CANOPIES DURING A PERSONAL FLIGHT AT FL 2,450. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO PILOT, PASSENGER OR PEOPLE ON THE GROUND WERE REPORTED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 144483651, SINGLE ENGINE LAND. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SANTA MONICA AT 20:00 PDT. THE CANOPIES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO PREVENT RE-OCCURRENCE AND WILL BE REDESIGNED. INCIDENT CLOSED.

Other reports on N91DR · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.