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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VOLMER B1 · Oshkosh, WI · August 4, 1996

Date: August 4, 1996 · 14:45 local
Place: Oshkosh, WI
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6450
Reported as: Amtr VOLMERB1
Reported engine: Lycoming O290*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total500 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N6450Registered now · Burchette VOLMER B1S/N 125 Airframe modelBurchette VOLMER B1 Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series4 cycle

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: the pilot stated that he was step taxiing and the cockpit started taking on water. The pilot shut down the engine. Put on his p.f.d. and he and his passenger abandoned the aircraft. The emergency seaplane base response team recovered the occupants and aircraft. It was noted upon inspection that a large hole was visible on the aircraft hull just aft of the left main gear behind the pilot seat. The pilot stated that the hole may have resulted from striking something in the water. This incident and report are closed. Due to the nose high attitude associated with hull type aircraft visibility over the nose and in front of the aircraft is extremely poor.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS STEP TAXIING AND THE COCKPIT STARTED TAKING ON WATER. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. PUT ON HIS P.F.D. AND HE AND HIS PASSENGER ABANDONED THE AIRCRAFT. THE EMERGENCY SEAPLANE BASE RESPONSE TEAM RECOVERED THE OCCUPANTS AND AIRCRAFT. IT WAS NOTED UPON INSPECTION THAT A LARGE HOLE WAS VISIBLE ON THE AIRCRAFT HULL JUST AFT OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BEHIND THE PILOT SEAT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE HOLE MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM STRIKING SOMETHING IN THE WATER. THIS INCIDENT AND REPORT ARE CLOSED. DUE TO THE NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE ASSOCIATED WITH HULL TYPE AIRCRAFT VISIBILITY OVER THE NOSE AND IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT IS EXTREMELY POOR.