# Incident 19960608013099I: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Merced, CA, June 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1996, 10:15 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Municipal/Mac Ready
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2847° N, 120.5140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2847&lon=-120.5140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N582AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N582AF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Huff Joseph A AVID FLYER ACROBAT (registry code 05626ZC, https://openairdocs.org/model/huff-joseph-a-avid-flyer-acrobat) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 609 total, 141 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960608013099I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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