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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr MINI MAX · Tuscaloosa, AL · May 13, 1998

Date: May 13, 1998 · 08:41 local
Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
Airport: Tuscaloosa Municipal
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N33CE
Reported as: Amtr Minimax
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N33CERegistration cancelled Jun 6, 2013 · Kilpatrick Jerry MINI MAXS/N 624 · Built 1993 Airframe modelKilpatrick Jerry MINI MAX Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)Reciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot reported on left base for landing that engine quit. On short final he reported he made runway over tree tops and would put it down in an open field. He landed in field approximately 1/4 mile short of runway 22 and flipped over. Broke the wooden prop and damaged landing gear. Further investigation revealed the magneto switch had failed. Pilot/owner replaced it with a new switch.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED ON LEFT BASE FOR LANDING THAT ENGINE QUIT. ON SHORT FINAL HE REPORTED HE MADE RUNWAY OVER TREE TOPS AND WOULD PUT IT DOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD. HE LANDED IN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 22 AND FLIPPED OVER. BROKE THE WOODEN PROP AND DAMAGED LANDING GEAR. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE MAGNETO SWITCH HAD FAILED. PILOT/OWNER REPLACED IT WITH A NEW SWITCH.