# Accident 19980624014889A: Georgia, VT, June 24, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1998, 16:10 local time
- Place: Georgia, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7282° N, 73.1277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Georgia, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7282&lon=-73.1277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N148GC (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980624014889A

## Narrative

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

ACFT MADE AN EMER LANDING IN A FIELD AFTER ENGINE FAILED. GEORGIA, VT. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS 16 NM NORTH OF BTV AT 1500 MS, ENROUTE FROM SHELBOURNE, VT TO SWANTON, VT, FRANKLIN CO. AIRPORT, WHEN ENGINE LOST POWER AND WOULD ONLY MAINTAIN 1200 RPM.  PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD, HITTING A FURROW AND COLLAPSING LEFT GEAR.  AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC98LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA132), Jun 24, 1998: Extra Flugzeugbau Flugzeugbau EA260 (N148GC), Georgia, VT, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate inflight decision and the loss of engine power due to a blocked vent line. A contributing factor was an unreliable fuel gauge.

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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