# Incident 19960928040189I: Amtr VP1, Grants Pass, OR, September 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1996, 13:20 local time
- Place: Grants Pass, OR
- Airport: Josephine County/Grants Pass
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4319° N, 123.3332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grants Pass, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4319&lon=-123.3332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5823K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5823K-2013-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kesler Milton F EVANS VP-1 (registry code 05635F2, https://openairdocs.org/model/kesler-milton-f-evans-vp-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VP1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 36 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960928040189I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: NOTIFIED THAT AN AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT, MODEL EVANS VP-1, REGISTRATION NUMBER N5823K, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT GRANTS PASS AIRPORT RUNWAY 30 AFTER THE PILOT, RAYMOND JOHN BAWDEN, REPORTED HIS ENGINE SUDDENLY QUITTING. PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING WHILE HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT, THEN FINALLY QUIT AND HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS CONSIDERED MINOR AND LIMITED TO A WING TIP, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE, AND A PROP STRIKE AFTER THE GEAR COLLAPSED. A CHECK OF AIRMAN RECORDS REVEALED NO ONE BY THIS NAME WITH A FAA PILOT CERTIFICATE OR CURRENT MEDICAL. MR. BAWDEN FAILED TO PROVIDE PILOT CERTIFICATION AT THE SCENE FOR THE INVESTIGATING DEPUTY SHERIFF AND COULD NOT PRODUCE A CERTIFICATE, A COPY OF A CERTIFICATE, OR A CERTIFICATE NUMBER DURING FOLLOW-UP TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS. 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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