# Incident 19970622021989I: Amtr HORNET, Ramona, CA, June 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1997, 08:00 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0417° N, 116.8681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ramona, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0417&lon=-116.8681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N414R-2020-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Roberts Bill HORNET (registry code 05630FL, https://openairdocs.org/model/roberts-bill-hornet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HORNET
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 1 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970622021989I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 22, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 0745 PDT, GEORGE E. STANLEY DEPARTED FROM A PRIVATE LANDING FIELD LOCATED NORTHEAST OF RAMONA, CALIFORNIA N414R, A MODEL BILL ROBERTS HORNET AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY DALE R. GRUSELL, WHO HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS AIRCRAFT. AT APPROXIMATELY 3500 FEET AGL, STANLEY INDICATED THAT THE REAR MOUNTED PROPELLER FAILED. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE ON THE MESA GRANDE INDIAN RESERVATION. DURING ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BARBED WIRE FENCE DAMAGING THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. NEITHER STANLEY NOR GRUSELL WERE INJURED. NO FIRE RESULTED. INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT ONE BLADE OF THE WOODEN TENNESSEE MODEL 5846 PROPELLER HAD FAILED/SEPARATED BEHIND THE LEADING EDGE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT ONE OF THE ENGINE AIR CLEANER ASSEMBLIES, DESCRIBED AS A K & N AIR CLEANER--NO PART NUMBER, WAS MISSING. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THIS PROPELLER HAS BEEN INSTALLED PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT AND WAS NEW. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN THE AIR CLEANERS HAD LAST BEEN REMOVED AND/OR INSPECTED. THE LAST RECORDED INSPECTION OCCURRED ON 3/1/97. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT, FAA FORM 8010-4 WILL BE SUBMITTED. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A NEAR MID AIR COLLISION OR A PILOT DEVIATION.

## Other reports on N414R (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980704039679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980704039679I), Jul 4, 1998: Amtr HORNET (N414R), Lake Havasu, AZ, Minor damage. (-5)Pilot was flying 600FT AGL when the engine started running rough, the engine quit. Pilot reported that the carburetor shook loose, (vibrated loose). The…
- [Incident 19970319010359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970319010359I), Mar 19, 1997: Amtr HORNET (N414R), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 19, 1997, at approximately 1054 MST, an experimental robert's Hornet, N414R, landed on a paved, remote-control airplane airstrip about 3…

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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