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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Challengerii · Stafford, VA · March 19, 1995

Date: March 19, 1995 · 12:40 local
Place: Stafford, VA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N62514
Reported as: Amtr Challengerii
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N62514Registration cancelled Sep 16, 1998 · Watson William J WATSON CHALLENGER IIS/N 001 Airframe modelWatson William J WATSON CHALLENGER II

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: this is a home built aircraft, the pilot had engine failure and he landed in water at accakreek creek, Stafford, Virginia. There were no injuries and most of the damage to the aircraft was done removing it from the creek. On teardown of the carburetor, probable cause was due to fractured retention clips on jet needles.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THIS IS A HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT HAD ENGINE FAILURE AND HE LANDED IN WATER AT ACCAKREEK CREEK, STAFFORD, VIRGINIA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND MOST OF THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS DONE REMOVING IT FROM THE CREEK. ON TEARDOWN OF THE CARBURETOR, PROBABLE CAUSE WAS DUE TO FRACTURED RETENTION CLIPS ON JET NEEDLES.