32.8680° N, 81.1101° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Hampton, SC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 17, 1996 · 09:15 local
Place
Hampton, SC
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
CGTGE
Reported as
Amtrlt Zenith
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total260 in this make and model26 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: *pilot reportedly made a precautionary landing in a plowed field to avoid flying into a thunderstorm. *field was soft causing nose gear to collapse during landing. *examination of the aircraft disclosed damage to nose gear, engine cowling and propeller blades.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: *PILOT REPORTEDLY MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A PLOWED FIELD TO AVOID FLYING INTO A THUNDERSTORM. *FIELD WAS SOFT CAUSING NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE DURING LANDING. *EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, ENGINE COWLING AND PROPELLER BLADES.