# Incident 19960923039079I: Amtr PT2, Lead Hill, AR, September 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Lead Hill, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4136° N, 92.9072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lead Hill, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4136&lon=-92.9072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N632ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N632ND-1997-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dayton James N PT-2 PROSTAR (registry code 05618KJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/dayton-james-n-pt-2-prostar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PT2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,179 total, 50 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960923039079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT; ON 09/23/96, A DAYTON PT-2 PROSTAR, EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, N632ND, REGISTERED TO JAMES N. DAYTON, AND OPERATED BY GALEN W. HUTCHESON ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT SUSTAINED A HARD LANDING. DURING THE FLIGHT, A POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD AND THE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT CHANGED CHARACTERISTICS. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED IN A HAYFIELD. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME; ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS WERE ENCOUNTERED DURING THE ATTEMPTED LANDING, AND THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT FLARE FOR A NORMAL LANDING. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE SINGLE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR ABRASION TO HIS LEFT ELBOW. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT; MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT. TEST & RESEARCH; VISUAL INSPECTION BY THE OWNER AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE ANY DISCREPANCIES IN THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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