# Incident 19960711025629I: Amtr SEAREY, Summit, DE, July 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1996, 14:40 local time
- Place: Summit, DE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N95EN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95EN-2019-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nichols Edson H III SEAREY (registry code 056300S, https://openairdocs.org/model/nichols-edson-h-iii-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAREY
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 172 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960711025629I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: DURING CRUISE AT 1500' HEARD A LOUD NOISE, (THUNK) FOLLOWED BY VIBRATION AND ENGINE STOPPAGE. AN EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE IN A LARGE CORN FIELD. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED: IT APPEARS THE EXHAUST PIPE BROKE AWAY FROM THE MUFFLER ASSEMBLY AND DEPARTED THROUGH THE PROPELLER. HALF OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS MISSING. THE FUEL PUMP SUCTION LINE WAS SEVERED. ENGINE STOPPAGE WAS PROBABLY DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THIS AIRCRAFT IS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT, AMPHIBIAN WITH A REAR MOUNTED ENGINE. NEITHER THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER ARE TYPE CERTIFICATED. THIS OFFICE PLANS NO FURTHER ACTION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.

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