# Incident 19980426017859I: Amtr Q2, Twin Falls, ID, April 26, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1998, 13:15 local time
- Place: Twin Falls, ID
- Airport: Twin Falls-Sun Valley Reg Josl
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5641° N, 114.4609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Twin Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5641&lon=-114.4609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85BJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85BJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gillespie/Sears Q-2 (registry code 05645WF, https://openairdocs.org/model/gillespie-sears-q-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Revmaster 2100 (registry code 52550, https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-2100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR Q2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 640 total, 600 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980426017859I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED. MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD. A CLOGGED OIL PASSAGE RESULTED IN MAIN BEARING FAILURE.

## Other reports on N85BJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20200711004819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200711004819A), Jul 11, 2020: Gillespie/Sears Q-2 (N85BJ), Preston, ID, Destroyed. The pilot was flying from ann arbor Michigan with his newly purchased aircraft. His only training in the Q2 aircraft was taxiing at low and high speed. He was…

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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