# Incident 19960804028849I: Amtr VOLMERB1, Oshkosh, WI, August 4, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1996, 14:45 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0232° N, 88.5623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oshkosh, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0232&lon=-88.5623&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6450, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6450) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burchette VOLMER B1 (registry code 9570416, https://openairdocs.org/model/burchette-volmer-b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VOLMERB1
- Reported engine: LYC O290*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960804028849I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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