# Incident 19980208044409I: Amtrkb TWINSTAR, Hanapepe, HI, February 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1998, 09:00 local time
- Place: Hanapepe, HI
- Airport: Port Allen Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.8969° N, 159.6032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT ALLEN (PAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.8969&lon=-159.6032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51252, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51252-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wells Terry G KOLB TWINSTAR MK III (registry code 05620DR, https://openairdocs.org/model/wells-terry-g-kolb-twinstar-mk-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRKB TWINSTAR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980208044409I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST POWER AT 300 FEET ON TAKEOFF AT THE PORT ALLEN AIRPORT (PAK). PILOT MADE A RIGHT TURN TO GO BACK TO RUNWAY AND LANDED SHORT OF THE AIRFIELD. PILOT TOLD POLICE OFICERS HIS THROTTLE LINKAGE ASSEMBLY BROKE. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT STRUT. REQUESTED MR. WELLS TO FILL OUT A SDR.

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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