# Incident 19960620014609I: Amtr NIEUPORT24, Almyra, AR, June 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: Almyra, AR
- Airport: Almyra Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4125° N, 91.4653° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALMYRA MUNI (M73), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4125&lon=-91.4653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8103N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8103N-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ellsworth Thomas C NIEUPORT (registry code 0564025, https://openairdocs.org/model/ellsworth-thomas-c-nieuport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR NIEUPORT24
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960620014609I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 20, 1996, AT 1630 GMT, AN AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT, N8103N, OPERATED BY DWIGHT K. RUDDER, TOOK OFF AT ALMYRA AIRPORT AND LOST COMPLETE ENGINE POWER. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A RICE FIELD IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE AND WINGS. GEARBOX SEPARATED WITH PROP WITH NO FIRE OR INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT WAS PILOT IMPROPERLY MIXED FUEL/OIL INTO FUEL TANKS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED ON HIS PAST METHODS OF MIXING FUEL AND HAS CORRECTED HIS PROCEDURES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N8103N (1)

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

- [Incident 19981013036809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981013036809I), Oct 13, 1998: Amtr NIEUPORT28 (N8103N), Tupelo, MS. (-5)Region operations center contacted FSDO 10-13-98 advising that aircraft had lost engine power and landed safely on Tupelo, MS residential street, no…

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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