# Incident 19970907036369I: Albemarle, NC, September 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1997
- Place: Albemarle, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3581° N, 80.1912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albemarle, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3581&lon=-80.1912&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970907036369I

## Narrative

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

THROTTLE STUCK ON ULTRALIGHT. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY IN ROUGH GROUND. NOSED OVER. (-23) A THREE MINUTE ULTRALIGHT FLIGHT ENDED AFTER AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING ON A ROUGH GRASS FIELD JUST SHORT OF RUNWAY. AN INTERVIEW WITH OPERATOR REVEALED A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE THROTTLE. PILOT EXPERIENCED INSUFFICIENT RPM TO POWER AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY TOUCHDOWN POINT. AIRCRAFT LANDED ABOUT 300 FEET SHORT, BOUNCED, RIGHT WING DIPPED AND HIT SURFACE, AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. OWNER/OPERATOR RECEIVED MINOR CUT TO HEAD. NO MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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