# Incident 19971005033169I: Amtr SPEEDWING, Franklin, VA, October 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1997, 08:40 local time
- Place: Franklin, VA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6840° N, 76.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franklin, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6840&lon=-76.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57FJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57FJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jones Francis Folis SR POOSEMOTH SPEEDWING (registry code 0561850, https://openairdocs.org/model/jones-francis-folis-sr-poosemoth-speedwing) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SPEEDWING
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971005033169I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 0720 ON 10/05/97, THE PILOT IN COMMAND DEPARTED FROM THE FRANKLIN AIRPORT ON A VFR FLIGHT WITH UNLIMITED VISIBILITY. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER PHASE ONE OPERATION LIMITATIONS. THE PILOT SENSED A MOMENTARY VIBRATION AND A SUDDEN LOSS OF PROPULSION. UNABLE TO DEVELOP THRUST, HE ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON HIGHWAY US 58. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR THE AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A BROKEN PROP REDUCTION SHAFT. A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WILL BE FILED. INCIDENT 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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