# Incident 19951130042979I: Amtrat FALCONXP, Mahopac, NY, November 30, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1995, 09:45 local time
- Place: Mahopac, NY
- Airport: Mahopac Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3697° N, 73.7407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mahopac, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3697&lon=-73.7407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N240XP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N240XP-2015-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fithian Michel FALCON XP (registry code 05658WX, https://openairdocs.org/model/fithian-michel-falcon-xp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAT FALCONXP
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 605 total, 330 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951130042979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING ON CLIMB OUT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN BACK TO FIELD, BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT HIT TOPS OF TREES. NO INJURIES TO PILOT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING, PLEXIGLAS CANOPY, AND LANDING GEAR. UPON RETRIEVING AIRCRAFT FROM TREES, ENGINE WAS STARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. COULD NOT DUPLICATE WHY ENGINE FAILED. PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FUEL CONTAMINATION ON PRE-FLIGHT, AND ALL PRE-FLIGHT CHECKS AND ENGINE RUN-UP NORMAL.

## Other reports on N240XP (1)

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

- [Incident 19910903046409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910903046409I), Sep 3, 1991: Amtrat FALCONXP (N240XP), Stormville, NY, Minor damage. Began uncontrolled banking on climb. Descended into tree tops. Aileron jammed due to loss of fastner and spacer.

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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