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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Avidflyer · Merced, CA · June 8, 1996

Date
June 8, 1996 · 10:15 local
Place
Merced, CA
Airport
Merced Municipal/Mac Ready
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N582AF
Reported as
Amtr Avidflyer
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX582
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
609 total141 in this make and model38 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 June eighth, while attempting to land at the Merced airport, Mr. Joseph huff experienced an engine failure resulting in a forced landing 2 miles south east of the airport. The landing of N582AF into an open field resulted in minor damage to the aircraft. The damage was limited to the right main landing gear, the wing tip fabric and the propeller. At the time of the failure, there was 18 gallons of fuel on board. When the fuel was checked no contaminates were found. The avid flyer acro, N582AF 13 an experimental amateur built aircraft with a Bombardier Rotax engine using automotive gas. There were no injuries to either the pilot or passenger. No further action at this time.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE EIGHTH, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE MERCED AIRPORT, MR. JOSEPH HUFF EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE RESULTING IN A FORCED LANDING 2 MILES SOUTH EAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE LANDING OF N582AF INTO AN OPEN FIELD RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE WING TIP FABRIC AND THE PROPELLER. AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE, THERE WAS 18 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. WHEN THE FUEL WAS CHECKED NO CONTAMINATES WERE FOUND. THE AVID FLYER ACRO, N582AF 13 AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT WITH A BOMBARDIER ROTAX ENGINE USING AUTOMOTIVE GAS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. NO FURTHER ACTION AT THIS TIME.