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Incident

FAA incident report · Amtrbb MUSTANG2 · Holopaw, FL · February 1, 1997

Date: February 1, 1997 · 16:00 local
Place: Holopaw, FL
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N927RS
Reported as: Amtrbb MUSTANG2
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total122 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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 experimental aircraft was in level flight when the engine lost power and seized. The pilot was able to land in a field with no injuries to the pilot or passenger. The aircraft was not damaged. Post investigation by the pilot/owner revealed that the crankshaft had broken causing the engine to seize. The engine installed was a 3.8 liter ford V-6.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND SEIZED. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND IN A FIELD WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. POST INVESTIGATION BY THE PILOT/OWNER REVEALED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT HAD BROKEN CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. THE ENGINE INSTALLED WAS A 3.8 LITER FORD V-6.